US Edition'Khan Younis looks like Stalingrad': British doctor in Gaza describes horror - and has message for world leaders
- British surgeons Dr. Victoria Rose and Dr. Tom Potokar are working in Gaza's Khan Younis amid ongoing conflict and evacuations in May 2025.
- The team faces an 11-week blockade, airstrikes, and evacuation orders that have forced some staff to leave and worsened conditions for patients.
- Hospitals like Nasser and the European hospital have suffered missile strikes and damage, leaving limited ICU capacity and medical supplies.
- Dr. Rose noted losing team members mid-operation due to evacuations, while Dr. Potokar described Gaza as a “slaughterhouse” with patients starving and malnourished.
- The doctors urge world leaders to take action amid urgent humanitarian needs, warning that if hospitals close, remaining facilities will be overwhelmed.
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British surgeon working in Gaza to ‘slaughterhouse’ as Israel intensifies its attacks
A British doctor working in Gaza has described it as a "slaughterhouse" as Israel intensifies its attacks on the enclave. Surgeon Tom Potokar compared the situation in Khan Younis to Stalingrad due to the "massive extent of destruction." "Because of the blockade, there's so little stuff getting in. There's no food getting in, so people are starving. There's very little medical supplies coming in," he added. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said…
Gaza, the Testimony From the Emergency Clinic: "Our Nurses Can't Get Out of the House. We Work Hard Under Bombs"
The heavy bombings of the Israeli army on Gaza of the night between 18 and 19 May also put at risk the work that Emergency doctors carry out in the Khan Younis area, south of the Strip. The same governorate in which our clinic is also located. The Nasser hospital tells the medical coordinator Giorgio Monti is closed because it is hit. Many other centers have remained closed for security issues. Even some of our nurses called to warn that they co…
'Khan Younis looks like Stalingrad': British doctor in Gaza describes horror - and has message for world leaders
Dr Tom Potokar, who is part of a group of British specialist doctors working in Khan Younis, says it is "horrific" as patients are malnourished - and children are suffering the worst.
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