Testimonies
This archive collects testimonies from healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza between 2023-2025.
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"It's not believable that the best-trained marksmen in the world accidentally shot a three-year-old boy in the head."
Appeal to World LeadersChildrenExplosive InjuriesForced DisplacementGunshot WoundsHospital ConditionsHygiene IssuesRules of EngagementInternational ResponsibilityKhan YounisThe European Hospital
Dr. Mark Perlmutter
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
ChildrenGunshot WoundsStarvationExplosive InjuriesDrone / Quadcopter
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
Dr. Mimi Syed
ChildrenInternational ResponsibilityGunshot WoundsHospital ConditionsDrone / Quadcopter
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
"I pronounced more people dead there than I usually do in a year at my work as a trauma surgeon in California."
MalnutritionDeath
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
ChildrenGunshot Wounds
Dr. Mimi Syed
GenocideChildrenStarvationMalnutritionHealthcare WorkersMass CasualtyMedical SuppliesMedical EquipmentHospital ConditionsMass GravesGunshot WoundsBurn InjuriesAmputationElderlyExplosive InjuriesDrone / QuadcopterGaza Death TollPublic HealthWaterAppeal to World LeadersBlocking AidMedia BiasMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)Al-Aqsa HospitalNasser HospitalKhan YounisRafahAl Ahli Baptist HospitalAl-Shifa Hospital
Dr. Ana Jeelani
International ResponsibilityAppeal to World LeadersHospital ConditionsMalnutritionBlocking AidDiseaseForced DisplacementGenocideArms ShipmentsChildrenMass CasualtyOrphansWaterMedical SuppliesHostagesWHO (World Health Organization)Kamal Adwan Hospital
Dr. Yipeng Ge
Dr. Yara Abou-Hamde
Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo
Dr. Rizwan Minhas
Dr. Ben Thompson
Dr. Noor Ul Amin
"People feel that their humanity is not recognized. People feel that they're abandoned and left to the slaughter."
Drone / QuadcopterMass CasualtySafe ZonesForced DisplacementHostage Rescue OperationWaterHygiene IssuesHumanitarian CrisisDiseasePublic HealthMedical SuppliesPsychological TraumaGlobal ComparisonsMSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)HamasICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)Al MawasiKhan YounisNuseirat Refugee Camp
Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim
Hospital ConditionsSafe ZonesOrphansMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)Al-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Nick Maynard
Gunshot WoundsExplosive InjuriesAmputationPublic HealthMedical SuppliesChildrenBurn InjuriesExplosivesFAJR ScientificRafahKhan YounisThe European HospitalAl-Shifa Hospital
Dr. Abdullah Ghali
"The Israelis shot a GPS-guided bomb on the house where a British charity medical team was staying. "
Appeal to World LeadersExplosivesHealthcare WorkersInternational Responsibility
Dr. Amer Shoaib
"I've done more amputations, and seen more traumatic amputations of children's, than I've seen during my entire career in the last two weeks."
ChildrenAmputationDestructionGlobal Comparisons
Dr. Adam Hamawy
Explosive InjuriesGunshot WoundsBurn InjuriesChildrenDestructionSafe ZonesHospital ConditionsHealthcare WorkersForced DisplacementMedical SuppliesBlocking AidMalnutritionCivilians2000 Pound BombInternational ResponsibilityThe European HospitalNasser HospitalRafahAl MawasiAl-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Adam Hamawy
ChildrenExplosive InjuriesGunshot WoundsInfantsPsychological TraumaOrphansStarvationBlocking Aid
Dr. Mark Perlmutter
"Operating on children who would say, I was lying on the ground after a bomb had dropped, and this quadcopter came down and hovered over me and shot me."
Safe ZonesDestructionForced DisplacementWaterSanitationDrone / QuadcopterHospital ConditionsExplosivesAppeal to World LeadersWomenChildrenMass CasualtyInfantsMedical SuppliesHygiene IssuesBlocking AidDiseaseHealthcare WorkersPregnancyGunshot WoundsAmputationPublic HealthMalnutritionCiviliansInternational ResponsibilityMass GravesMedical EquipmentGenocideHumiliationGlobal ComparisonsMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)WHO (World Health Organization)ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)HamasNasser Hospital
Prof. Nizam Mamode
"The surgeon across from me just, a very stoic, unemotional, strong, resilient surgeon just broke down in tears."
Blocking AidChildrenPsychological TraumaAmputationOrphansExplosive Injuries
Dr. Samer Attar
Hospital ConditionsWomenPsychological Trauma
Dr. Mohammed Mostafa
ChildrenExplosive InjuriesHospital ConditionsBurn InjuriesWomen
Dr. Mohammed Mostafa
Dr. Razan al-Nahhas
"I recall his vacant stare and his soft voice whispering into my ear. I wish I had died with them. "
Healthcare WorkersJournalistsMedia BiasGenocideChildrenMass CasualtyOrphansDrone / QuadcopterWomenInfantsPregnancyGunshot WoundsTortureHumanitarian CrisisEducationBlockadeMass GravesPalestinian TestimonyMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)Al-Shifa HospitalKamal Adwan Hospital
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
GenocideHospital ConditionsChildrenCivilians
Dr. Mohammed Tahir
"Her cries didn't seem like the usual cries of pain during labour. It turned out that her husband and five children all had been murdered in front of her."
WomenPregnancyHostage Rescue OperationInternational ResponsibilityHospital ConditionsAl-Awda HospitalNuseirat Refugee Camp
Heba Al-Nashef (midwife)
"Beyond dystopian. This is the most horrific thing that most of us have ever witnessed or followed in our lifetimes. "
GenocideMedical SuppliesGlobal Comparisons
Dr. James Smith
Forced DisplacementChildrenExplosive InjuriesHealthcare WorkersSafe ZonesWomenNasser Hospital
Dr. Victoria Rose
Mass CasualtyExplosive InjuriesChildrenPsychological TraumaForced DisplacementAid DistributionHospital ConditionsMedical SuppliesAl Ahli Baptist Hospital
Dr. Samer Attar
Appeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityWar CrimesArms ShipmentsDrone / QuadcopterMalnutritionStarvationKhan YounisThe European Hospital
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
"If there's any chaos, then, you know, they just start opening fire. And then we see it in our facility, you know, 20, 30 minutes later."
Attacks on Aid CentersNasser HospitalKhan Younis
Dr. Mark Brauner
Explosive InjuriesBurn InjuriesAmputationChildrenNasser HospitalKhan YounisThe European Hospital
Dr. Victoria Rose
"We operated in unsterile settings that would’ve been unthinkable in the United States. We had limited access to critical medical equipment."
Blocking AidDrone / QuadcopterSanitationForced DisplacementHospital ConditionsHealthcare WorkersMedical EquipmentMedical SuppliesExplosive InjuriesKhan YounisRafahThe European Hospital
Dr. Irfan Galaria
ChildrenGunshot WoundsWomenDrone / QuadcopterHealthcare WorkersAmputationElderlyThe European HospitalNasser HospitalKhan YounisAl Ahli Baptist Hospital
Dr. Fozia Alvi
Dr. Irfan Galaria
Dr. Thaer Ahmad
Dr. Vanita Gupta
Dr. Osaid Alser
Prof. Ghassan Abu-Sittah
Dr. Ahmed Moghrabi
ChildrenHospital ConditionsCiviliansJournalistsDrone / QuadcopterExplosivesExplosive InjuriesInfantsMedical EquipmentBlocking AidGenocideHealthcare WorkersMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)Nasser HospitalKhan Younis
Prof. Christos Georgalas
ChildrenExplosive InjuriesBurn InjuriesGunshot WoundsDrone / QuadcopterAmputationPsychological TraumaUNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)Nasser HospitalKhan Younis
Dr. Victoria Rose
"The bottom line is this is a human rights issue and children are being murdered. It's got to stop. And we've got to stop supporting it."
International ResponsibilityAppeal to World Leaders
Dr. Victoria Rose
"She was no fighter. She was a pregnant woman who was sitting in her home when a bomb dropped on her head. "
Mass CasualtyExplosive InjuriesBurn InjuriesChildrenWomenPregnancyMedical SuppliesArms ShipmentsInternational ResponsibilityAl-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Ahmad Yousaf
Mass CasualtyHealthcare WorkersChildrenInfantsExplosive InjuriesMedical SuppliesHospital ConditionsBurn Injuries
Dr. Ahmad Yousaf
"The trauma doesn't just happen in the three or four year olds now, it happens in their children and their children after them."
Hospital ConditionsExplosive InjuriesPsychological TraumaHealthcare WorkersChildrenSchoolsMass CasualtyDrone / QuadcopterBlocking AidAmputationGaza Death TollDisease
Dr. Ahmad Yousaf
"Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” "
Blocking AidForced DisplacementChildrenStarvationAir StrikeBurn InjuriesMedical SuppliesRafah
Dr. Aqsa Durrani
"This is genocide. When 70% of the population that are killed are women and children, when the population is starved of food, of water, of medicine, when you have attacks, repeated attacks on all the hospitals, the clinics, the aid distribution sites, the humanitarian aid agencies that try to help."
InfantsForced DisplacementWinter conditionsGenocideStarvationChildrenWomenHospital ConditionsSchoolsAttacks on Aid CentersOrphansMedia BiasInternational ResponsibilityUN (United Nations)
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
Dr. Thaer Ahmad
"I went in about a week after the cease fire started. And it was, you know, it was, it was such a low bar to clear. It’s just to stop dropping bombs on, on everyone."
Appeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityCeasefireBlocking AidDestructionHumanitarian AidHumanitarian CrisisStarvationDisabilityHamasBenjamin Netanyahu
Dr. Adam Hamawy
Hospital ConditionsHealthcare WorkersDiseasePsychological TraumaForced DisplacementGenocideChildrenAppeal to World LeadersArms ShipmentsInternational SanctionsBlocking AidRafah
Dr. Ben Thompson
"I see him in the emergency department trying to resuscitate a man whose arms and legs, sorry, whose both legs and one arm had been blown off."
Appeal to World LeadersSchoolsAttacks on Aid CentersMassacresThe Flour MassacreMass CasualtyOrphansChildrenAmputationDiseaseHumanitarian CrisisDestructionHealthcare WorkersArrestTorturePsychological TraumaInternational ResponsibilityGenocideAl-Shifa Hospital
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
ChildrenMedical SuppliesBurn InjuriesAmputationHospital ConditionsExplosive Injuries
Dr. Samer Attar
"They ordered him to abandon the patient who he was closing the wound on. He refused to do so. So, he was shot in the knee."
Healthcare WorkersGunshot WoundsHospital ConditionsWar CrimesArrestTortureStarvation
Dr. Mark Perlmutter
Healthcare WorkersArrestTortureStarvationBlocking AidMedical SuppliesInternational Responsibility
Dr. Tammy Abughnaim
Explosive InjuriesChildrenAmputationMalnutritionAir StrikeRefugeesForced DisplacementThe European HospitalRafahAl-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Mohammed Tahir
Medical SuppliesWomenExplosive InjuriesBurn InjuriesPAMA (Palestinian American Medical Association)Rafah CrossingRafahThe European Hospital
Monica Johnson
Blocking AidChildrenCeasefireOrphansDisabilityMass GravesJournalistsHostagesSafe ZonesHealthcare WorkersMedical EquipmentDestructionMalnutritionWorld Central KitchenUNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)UN (United Nations)Nasser HospitalRafah
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
Arwa Damon
Medical SuppliesDiseaseExplosive InjuriesAmputationElderlyWomenDrone / QuadcopterChildrenHealthcare WorkersSchoolsForced DisplacementHospital ConditionsMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)World Central KitchenICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)Al-Aqsa HospitalDeir al Balah
Dr. Khaled Dawas
OrphansChildrenAmputationTortureTestimonyExplosive InjuriesGunshot WoundsWar CrimesWaterForced DisplacementArrestDisabilityMalnutritionDiseasePublic HealthMass GravesAppeal to World LeadersHealthcare WorkersInternational ResponsibilityDestructionMSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)Al MawasiKhan YounisNasser HospitalAl-Shifa HospitalAl-Aqsa HospitalRafah
Dr. Khaled Dawas
"As a human being, you can't, just can’t discount the unimaginable suffering that's happening here to children, to women, everybody."
ChildrenAmputationBurn InjuriesMedical SuppliesHealthcare WorkersAid DistributionAppeal to World LeadersThe European Hospital
Monica Johnson
"These children would be laid on the floor, limp and lifeless, and we would declare them dead immediately. "
ChildrenHospital ConditionsAid WorkersJournalistsDrone / QuadcopterEthnic CleansingDiseaseDestructionCommunication BlackoutForced DisplacementMass GravesMass CasualtyBlocking AidAttacks on Aid CentersMediaRefugeesEducationWaterFuelMalnutritionAmputationMedical SuppliesCeasefireAid DistributionAppeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityMedical EquipmentWinter conditionsGenocideAir StrikeExplosivesWomenPregnancyArms ShipmentsMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)Norwegian Refugee CouncilUNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)UN (United Nations)ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)Human Rights WatchUNRWA (The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)ZazimAl-Aqsa HospitalNasser HospitalGaza CityAl-Shifa HospitalKhan YounisRafahKamal Adwan HospitalThe Indonesian HospitalAl-Awda HospitalSouthern IsraelThe European Hospital
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
Anna Halford
Rohan Talbot
Shaina Low
ChildrenHospital ConditionsMedical SuppliesAmputationBombingDrone / QuadcopterExplosive InjuriesStarvationAl-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Sanjay Adusumilli
Dr. Scarlett Wong
Dr. Modher Albeiruti
ChildrenExplosive InjuriesMedical Supplies
Dr. Sanjay Adusumilli
MalnutritionChildrenSanitation
Dr. Mimi Syed
SanitationWaterForced Displacement
Dr. Mimi Syed
InfantsChildrenElderlyWinter conditionsHealthcare WorkersKamal Adwan Hospital
Dr. Mimi Syed
Forced DisplacementWaterMalnutritionSanitationElderly
Dr. Mimi Syed
ChildrenAir StrikeGunshot WoundsBombing
Dr. Mimi Syed
ChildrenGunshot WoundsWomenCivilians
Dr. Mimi Syed
ChildrenGunshot WoundsDrone / QuadcopterSnipersAppeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityInternational SanctionsArms ShipmentsWar CrimesMass CasualtyExplosive InjuriesInfantsKhan Younis
Dr. Mimi Syed
Dr. Tammy Abughnaim
Dr. Mark Perlmutter
Dr. Ayaz Pathan
Dr. Nabeel Rana
Dr. Mohammed Adeel Khaleel
Miranda Cleland
Dr. Yassar Arain
Charles Blaha
Forced DisplacementChildrenDiseaseHumanitarian CrisisGround OperationPublic HealthRafahRafah Crossing
Dr. James Smith
Hostage Rescue OperationMassacresAir StrikeGround OperationHospital ConditionsForced DisplacementHumanitarian CrisisSchoolsElectricityMedical SuppliesStarvationDiseaseWaterWar CrimesHealthcare WorkersPublic HealthSanitationChildrenUNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)UN (United Nations)Al MawasiRafahAl-Aqsa HospitalAl-Awda HospitalDeir al BalahNuseirat Refugee CampGaza CityKhan YounisAl-Shifa Hospital
Dr. James Smith
Ground OperationAir StrikeSafe ZonesHospital ConditionsForced DisplacementMass CasualtyPublic HealthChildrenAmputationBurn InjuriesExplosive InjuriesCommunication Blackout2000 Pound BombMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)Nasser HospitalKhan YounisAl-Aqsa HospitalDeir al BalahAl-Shifa Hospital
Dr. James Smith
Dr. Ahmed Moghrabi
StarvationGunshot WoundsAttacks on Aid CentersMalnutritionWomenDrone / QuadcopterInfantsExplosive InjuriesMedical SuppliesBlocking AidAbductionInternational ResponsibilityAl Ahli Baptist HospitalNasser HospitalKhan Younis
Dr. Nick Maynard
"Every corridor in the hospital had half the width occupied by mattresses on the floor with IDPs sitting and lying – children, men and women of all ages."
Air StrikeArms ShipmentsHealthcare WorkersForced DisplacementRefugeesHospital ConditionsExplosive InjuriesGunshot WoundsSafe ZonesDestructionDrone / QuadcopterAttacks on Aid CentersWar CrimesAppeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)World Central Kitchen
Dr. Amer Shoaib
"As soon as her husband got home to be with the children while his wife was at work, on-call in the emergency department, the home was struck."
Healthcare WorkersBombingExplosive InjuriesMedia BiasInternational ResponsibilityHospital ConditionsChildrenOrphansGenocideStarvationMAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan
"On one side you see the remains of Gaza and on the other side is farmland being watered, and it’s very dystopian. "
BombingSafe ZonesStarvationInternational ResponsibilityAttacks on Aid CentersChildrenExplosive InjuriesHealthcare WorkersAppeal to World LeadersHumanitarian AidCOGAT (The Coordination of the Israeli Government Activities in the Territories)UN (United Nations)WHO (World Health Organization)UNRWA (The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)World Food ProgrammeNasser Hospital
Dr. Victoria Rose
Safe ZonesExplosive InjuriesAl MawasiThe Indonesian Hospital
Dr. Tom Potokar
"The woman on the operating table is badly injured. Her husband and children were all killed. She doesn't know yet."
Air StrikeHospital ConditionsWomenAccountabilityBlockadeStarvationDestructionMedical SuppliesInternational ResponsibilityGround OperationBombingBurn InjuriesExplosive InjuriesChildrenMalnutritionDrone / QuadcopterHealthcare WorkersForced DisplacementThe European HospitalKhan YounisNasser Hospital
Dr. Tom Potokar
Dr. Victoria Rose
Dr. Graeme Groom
BombingMass CasualtyChildrenExplosive InjuriesKhan YounisNasser Hospital
Dr. Razan al-Nahhas
"My patients were six-year-olds with shrapnels in their heart and bullets in their brains, and pregnant women."
Appeal to World LeadersInternational ResponsibilityGenocideHealthcare WorkersHospital ConditionsMedical SuppliesChildrenPregnancyMass CasualtyMalnutritionAir StrikeStarvationCeasefireExplosive InjuriesInternational SanctionsHumanitarian AidHostagesArrestWHO (World Health Organization)UN Security CouncilUN (United Nations)UNRWA (The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)Khan YounisThe European HospitalNasser Hospital
Dr. Feroze Sidhwa
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