British Doctor on Witnessing Israels Destruction of Gaza Hospitals, Horrific Injuries to Children

Support our work: Before Israel s unprecedented assault on Gaza, the territory had 36 functioning hospitals. Now only 16 partially functioning health facilities remain. As Israeli bombs and ground troops approach Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining partially functioning health facility in Gaza, we speak with Dr. James Smith, an emergency medical doctor recently returned from Gaza, where he worked alongside Palestinian healthcare workers to treat patients at AlAqsa Hospital. Every single day, without exception, there were multiple mass casualty incidents at the hospital, says Smith. They would include open chest wounds, open abdominal wounds, traumatic amputations, severe fullthickness burns really some of the most horrific traumatic injuries that I have ever Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1, 500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 89 a. m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: