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British-Australian doctor has seen the unspeakable in Gaza. He wants to shout from the rooftops [View all]
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/this-british-australian-doctor-has-seen-the-unspeakable-in-gaza-he-wants-to-shout-from-the-rooftopsThis British-Australian doctor has seen the unspeakable in Gaza. He wants to shout from the rooftops
Wed 23 Apr 2025 01.26 EDT
When Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza last month and resumed its large-scale bombardment, the British-Australian doctor Mohammed Mustafa had just clocked off at the emergency department of what was the last fully functioning hospital in Gaza City.
“It was so intense that the windows blew off their hinges and I had fallen out of my bed,” he tells Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast.
The 35-year-old emergency physician from Perth was on his second medical mission in the besieged territory volunteering for the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association at al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital.
Children and women began arriving at the hospital with extreme injuries, including burns and missing limbs. Mustafa knew many would not survive the night.
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