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1st hand accounts from Gazan Medics. Administered by an international team of medics and surgeons who have all visited Gaza and know the posters personally.

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1 month
An 18-month-old child killed with a single gunshot to the head. The desperate hope for a ceasefire turned to tragedy for one mother in Gaza this evening.
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3 months
We received this devastating message from a doctor working in the Emergency Department.
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18 days
As people’s charred remains are pulled from burning tents in Rafah and scores of others with horrific injuries are transported to hospital, a doctor who was volunteering in Gaza sent this message.
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“What we are asking is for people to get out into the streets and squares, to surround the embassies to stop the torrent of Palestinian blood.” A desperate plea from the head of one of the last functioning hospitals in Rafah.
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6 months
Israel has started using a numbered grid system for evacuation warnings, accessed via a QR code on leaflets dropped from the sky and via social media. This has led to terror and confusion as people struggle to find refuge from the heavy bombardment.
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Dr Adnan Al-Bursh was a widely respected orthopaedic surgeon who trained in Jordan and the UK. He was killed after 4 months in Israeli detention. A fellow detainee testified to @HCWWatch that he was being tortured. Medical organisations have yet to condemn his killing.
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Doctors are sharing reports of Israeli forces blocking ambulances from rescuing casualties in Rafah & describe devastating, targeted injuries in those who reach medical aid. Hospital teams are exhausted, the influx of casualties is relentless & the patients are arriving in agony.
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As international governments show just how weak their Rafah ‘red lines’ really are, a doctor in Gaza describes what the current Israeli onslaught feels like to those on the receiving end.
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18 days
A message from a doctor in Gaza to all the brave students around the world who are taking a stand for the Palestinian people.
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Renowned surgeon Dr Adnan Al Bursh was abducted from a Gaza hospital in Dec 23. A former student of @KingsCollegeLon , he was imprisoned in Israel for 4 months. A fellow detainee testified to @HCWWatch that he was being tortured. Today 2 prisoner orgs announced he has been killed.
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6 months
Our colleagues fear that the escalating horrors in Gaza are becoming normalised. #MedTwitter #Doctors #pediatric #NotATarget #humanity
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We have received this update from Shifa Hospital. #NotATarget #Hospitals #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #humanity
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Dr. Saleh Eleiwa is a junior doctor working at Shifa Hospital. On the 18/11/23 he disappeared as he travelled south along the designated ‘safe route’ and we haven’t heard from him since. We call for his safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians in Gaza.
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8 months
Children are being admitted to hospitals in Gaza who have lost all of their relatives in the bombing. This happens commonly enough to get abbreviated to ‘WCNSF’; wounded child with no surviving family. #Pediatrics #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #emergency #humanity #CeasefireNOW
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6 months
Colleagues say they have had enough of endlessly describing the horrors they are witnessing. They want action from the international community rather than words.
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As the slaughter in Rafah escalates, a doctor from one of the last functioning hospitals pleads for international protection.
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SHIFA UPDATE: Israeli forces are abusing and abducting hospital staff. The UK gov has already ordered an investigation into the horrors at Nasser Hospital. These horrors are happening again right now. ATTACKING HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL STAFF IS A WAR CRIME.
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We have received this urgent message from the Director of Surgery at Shifa Hospital. #HospitalsAreNotTargets #NotATarget #hospital #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #surgery #humanity #SOS
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The staff and patients from the maternity ward in al-Shifa hospital were transferred to Al Hilou Hospital eight days ago. They are now surrounded by tanks and pleading for help. #maternity #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #hospitals #NotATarget
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4 months
Despite daily SOS messages from healthcare workers throughout the Gaza Strip, and despite the ICJ provisional measures for plausible genocide, the civilian massacre and systematic attacks on healthcare continue with impunity, as the world watches on.
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2 months
Global protests are having an impact.
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5 months
Hospital staff are completely traumatized by the horrors they have experienced over the past 115 days.
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For 100 days, Gaza has faced a deadly Israeli onslaught. Medical staff have been forced to endure unthinkable conditions as they try to alleviate the horrific suffering of the injured. Don’t let another day pass without doing everything you can to put a stop to this massacre.
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Right now tanks are shelling in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital, and drones are firing heavily towards the medical centre’s buildings and courtyards, endangering everyone inside. #NotATarget #doctor #MedTwitter
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7 months
We have received news this morning that Al Shifa hospital complex was bombarded multiple times overnight. #NotATarget #HospitalsAreNotTargets #hospital #MedTwitter #surgery #humanity
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Heavy rains in Gaza in the past 24 hours have flooded many of the tents. People are cold, wet and hungry and hepatitis A is spreading rapidly. #doctor #MedTwitter #humanity
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The invasion of Rafah is underway. This will lead to the mass slaughter of terrified, exhausted people in the very place they had been told they would be safe.
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This message from a colleague in Gaza describes in detail the challenges of providing maternity care in Gaza right now. #maternity #Doctor #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter
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20 days
Nurses and doctors in Al Aqsa hospital were forced to ventilate critically ill patients by hand earlier today because Israel continues to prevent sufficient fuel from entering Gaza. Medical staff can’t provide proper patient care without electricity.
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‘We chose to be here, to support the people of Gaza and Palestine as they are subjected to the most grotesque Israeli violence.’ A volunteer doctor responds to the spate of media stories focusing on the challenges facing the ‘trapped’ international volunteers.
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There are severe water shortages in Gaza right now. Israeli airstrikes have caused extensive damage to water infrastructure in Gaza and the fuel blockade is stopping desalination and waste water treatment. Ref:
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7 months
Dr. Yousuf Barakat is a junior doctor working at Shifa Hospital. On 18/11/23 he disappeared as he travelled south along the designated ‘safe route’ and we haven’t heard from him since. We call for his safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians in Gaza.
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6 months
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN Palestinian healthcare workers are currently illegally detained by the Israeli military. We call for their immediate release. Please sign our petition: Follow @HCWWatch for updates. #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #NotATarget
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As Netanyahu prepares for a full-scale military operation in Rafah, where well over a million Palestinians have sought refuge, medical staff plead for the horror to stop. #Emergency #emergencymedicine #doctor #MedTwitter
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This message was sent by a colleague after they lost a young family member who fell ill with an otherwise treatable illness, but wasn’t able to receive the care they needed. #surgeon #MedTwitter #medicine #humanity
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The messages we are receiving from colleagues in Rafah in the face of the Israeli onslaught are increasingly desperate. Al Najjar hospital has been forced out of service today and the pressure on the few remaining hospitals is mounting.
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6 months
While global media attention wanes, the Israeli bombardment does not, and medical staff in Gaza continue to do what they can for the victims of the relentless attacks/strikes. #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #doctor #CeasefireNOW #humanity
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7 months
We have been sent thousands of photos and videos of children with devastating injuries from colleagues working in Gaza. They are unbearable to look at, but show the reality of the Israeli airstrikes and ground offensive. #surgery #MedTwitter #Pediatrics #EMERGENCY #Trauma
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4 months
Running out of words. #NeverATarget
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This doctor providing desperately needed medical care at an UNRWA clinic that sees close to 150 people a day is having his contract terminated. The closure of clinics like these are the real life consequences of the US, UK, and other countries cutting off funding to #UNRWA .
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Just imagine what the last five months of this child’s life have been like, before Israeli forces fatally injured him and he died without a single familiar face at his bedside.
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Dr. Ahmed Abu Aita is a junior doctor working at the Indonesian Hospital. On 21/11/23 he disappeared as he travelled south along the designated ‘safe route’ and we haven’t heard from him since. We call for his safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians in Gaza
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Dr. Akram Hussein is one of the 12 missing Gazan healthcare workers who we assume to be illegally detained by Israel. His daughter describes him as a doctor ‘who never lets people down’. We call for his safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians in Gaza.
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2 months
“Seeing their children as decomposing corpses and their bodies completely torn apart is a scene that can’t be described”. Haunting words from one of the UN team visiting Shifa hospital to support the identification of the remains of the people killed there during Israel’s raid.
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El Shifa Hospital is now in blackout due to the lack of fuel for the generators caused by the siege. This is the main trauma hospital in Gaza. #blackout #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #maternity #NICU #Hospitals #NotATarget #CeasefireNOW #humanity
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10 days
Since 7th May when Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah crossing, Israel has blocked ANY medical evacuations from taking place. The WHO estimates there are 11,000 people right now who need urgent medical evacuation out of Gaza for life- or limb-saving treatment [WHO 28/05].
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The violence that is currently engulfing Gaza is traumatizing a whole generation of children. #paediatrics #pediatria #psychologist #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #humanity #CeasefireNOW
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Starvation is being used as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza in an act of collective punishment, according to Human Rights Watch (). #doctor #MedTwitter #paediatrics #NotATarget
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Colleagues in Gaza are struggling to access the internet – this message was sent from the roof of the building as it was the only place that the E-sim would connect. #surgery #doctor #MedTwitter #CeasefireNOW #humanity
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6 months
Al Awda Hospital was subjected to 18 days of siege by the Israeli army, preventing access to severely injured people. After the siege finally ended four days ago, the hospital has received many patients with old, untreated injuries who have developed life-threatening infections.
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Israel is starving Palestinians to the point of famine in Gaza. Deaths are rising. The starvation that Israel has caused will have lifelong effects for those who do survive: many children will be stunted for life, struggle academically and suffer multiple health problems.
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4 months
We continue to receive horrific reports from Nasser Hospital with multiple casualties in the immediate vicinity of the hospital that cannot be reached for emergency care due to ongoing Israeli sniper fire. #NotATarget
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5 months
Please read every single word of this message we received from a doctor in Al Aqsa hospital as the hospital came under direct attack. #doctor #ER #medicine #NotATarget #CeasefireNOW
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6 months
The medical student who sent us this message also said: “please… the world has to understand that this must end today, not tomorrow or later.” #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #medicine #ceasefireNOW #humanity
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Hospital staff in Gaza work every day in fear of their loved ones becoming their patients.
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This mother spent the last five months of her pregnancy fleeing Israeli bombs, before giving birth in terrible conditions without any medical assistance. Having somehow survived this ordeal, she only had 7 days with her newborn before he was crushed to death under the rubble.
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"According to the Ministry of Education in Gaza, between 7 October 2023 and 2 January 2024, 4,119 students and 221 teachers have been killed, while 7,536 students and 703 teachers have been injured across the Gaza Strip.” OCHA Flash Update #93 . #doctor #MedTwitter #NotATarget
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7 months
Dr. Mokhallalati, the Irish-Palestinian surgeon who is one of only two remaining doctors in Al Shifa Hospital, sent this message today. #surgery #doctor #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #HumanitarianCrisis #NotATarget #CeasefireNOW #humanity
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3 months
‘Five months capable of demolishing mountains’. A dear colleague wrote to us of the toll that the unrelenting Israeli onslaught has taken on the people of Gaza.
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4 months
It's been over 48 hours since we heard from Dr. Khaled Al Serr, the brave surgeon who has been sending voice notes describing the Israeli attacks on Nasser Hospital as they happen. We've received reports of many of hospital staff being abducted. Our statement:
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7 months
A collaboration of UK healthcare workers have asked us to post this video calling for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza. Coalition will be at 10 Downing Street tonight at 18:00 calling for #ceasefirenow
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2 months
Countries around the world are continuing to supply Israel with the weapons that are killing and maiming children. One child in this photograph died soon after it was taken. The other has severe brain damage and is critically ill on ICU.
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6 months
At least thirty six Gazan healthcare workers are now missing. We believe they have been abducted by Israel. We call for their safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians. #NotATarget #doctor #Paramedic #nurse #Medtwitter #NurseTwitter #Dentist #humanity
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Right now Israeli forces are attacking El Shifa hospital. They're killing and injuring people inside the hospital grounds. The attacks are preventing hospital staff from providing life-saving care to patients and people will die as a result. ATTACKING HOSPITALS IS A WAR CRIME.
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7 months
Join global vigils organised by @healthW4pal across the world and 5 continents on Friday 24/11 #ceasefirenow
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7 months
At least 4 Gaza medics have disappeared in the past week as they travelled south. We suspect they have been abducted by Israeli forces – we’ve had reports of many other people taken captive on the same road each day. We fear for their safety and call for their immediate release.
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3 months
Thousands and thousands of children in Gaza have sustained injuries that will leave them permanently disabled after being attacked by Israeli forces.
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22 days
One day after shelling Kamal Adwan hospital multiple times, forcing staff and patients to flee, Israel has stormed the besieged Al Awda hospital. These were the last two partially functional hospitals in northern Gaza. Attacking hospitals is a war crime.
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6 months
Over 2,000 Gazans are diagnosed with cancer each year, including 122 children (MOH annual report 2022). In the midst of the violence, a pharmacist colleague reflects on the complete eradication of cancer services for people living with cancer in Gaza. #cancer #MedTwitter
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5 months
Over 100 pregnant women in Gaza are giving birth every day*, most of them without access to enough clean water, let alone any medical support. If they experience a life-threatening complication such as severe bleeding or seizures, accessing help is fraught with danger. (*UNFPA)
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This photo was sent from one of the few ‘functioning’ hospitals in Gaza.
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As Israel continues to use starvation as a weapon of war, parents continue to put their children to bed hungry.
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Israeli forces are currently besieging the Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance centre in Khan Yunis, preventing their ambulances from reaching the wounded. Please follow the Palestine Red Crescent Society ( @PalestineRCS ) for updates. #NotATarget
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7 months
Dr. Momin Abu Khudair is one of the 12 missing Gazan healthcare workers who we assume to be illegally detained by Israel. We call for his safe release and for an end to the abductions of Palestinians in Gaza. #NotATarget #doctor #Dentist #MedTwitter
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Day 102 and colleagues in Gaza say they are exhausted. Exhausted from forced displacement and terrible living conditions. Exhausted from trying to save patients with devastating injuries without basic resources. Exhausted from indiscriminate killing of colleagues & loved ones.
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Israeli troops have directly targeted medical staff in Gaza while they are at work. Here a colleague describes how the ambulance he was in came under attack. He was shot three times and has been left with a devastating leg injury which cannot be properly treated in Gaza.
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“The screams of my three children with each sound of bombing crushes my heart”. A doctor tries to put his unspeakable reality into words. #doctor #medicine #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #ceasefireNOW #humanity
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A volunteer doctor working in one of Gaza's remaining functional hospitals describes no longer being able to reach the hospital as the area is closed in on by Israeli forces. #doctor #medicine #MedTwitter #ceasefireNOW
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5 months
During armed conflict, pregnant women have higher rates of miscarriage, stillbirths, prematurity and other adverse outcomes (Keasley et al, BMJ Glob Health, 2017). In Gaza, the risks for pregnant women are being compounded by the destruction of the health system. #maternity
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‘The veneer of humanitarian access is a cover for the most horrific violence’. A British doctor volunteering in Gaza begs the world to pay attention as the attacks on Rafah escalate.
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6 months
As people around the world welcome in the New Year, the atrocities against men, women and children in Gaza continue. #nurse #nurses #Nursing #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #medicine #humanity
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Yesterday two medical colleagues in the south of Gaza told us that they were shot at WHILE SHELTERING IN THEIR TENTS. One was unharmed, the other's sister was hit in the arm.
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4 months
Human Rights Watch says the Israeli government is still using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza despite the ICJ’s binding order (26/2). This is a war crime. They have “simply ignored the court’s ruling and in some ways even intensified its repression”.
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7 months
The few hospitals that are still functional in Gaza are so full that patients are being admitted to every available space. Quote sent to us by @abrahammatar . #hospitals #ICU #doctor #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #CeasefireNOW #humanity
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