Reporter:
What about the wider situation there, the lawlessness we hear because of the desperation of civilian people in Gaza? Have you experienced that?
Dr. Mimi Syed:
You know, desperation is going to happen anytime you deprive people of their very basic needs and dignity as well as threaten their- their livelihood, their safety, their children’s lives. That’s the case anywhere in any country in human nature. And of course we’re seeing that but it’s nowhere near the devastation that’s being caused by the military conflict, the air strikes and the bombing and the indiscriminate killing. You know, I’ve seen gunshot wounds in children over and over again. I had 18 cases of this in my last trip here. So, you know, that level of destruction, if that stops now, all of this, you know, this- this situation can stop. It’s probably in two days we can just stop this.
Reporter:
Because there had been talk recently of a potential ceasefire between the Israeli government and Hammas. Clearly that hasn’t happened. And the violence is still happening. The people you’re coming into contact with, are they talking about that possibility? Are they hopeful that there could be some sort of ceasefire in the coming days and weeks?
Dr. Mimi Syed:
Yeah, absolutely. The locals, when I talk to them, they’re always very hopeful and strong and resilient. And they have this level of faith and patience that I’ve never witnessed in my life. You know, I hope there’s a ceasefire. I hope for the sake of humanity because I see humanity ending here.