Getty PhotosA physician believed to be the final remaining orthopaedic surgeon in northern Gaza has been killed in an Israeli strike, in keeping with Palestinian officers.
Dr Sayeed Joudeh died on Thursday whereas he was on his strategy to work.
He was a surgeon at Kamal Adwan and al-Awda hospitals in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army mentioned it was unaware of the incident, but it surely was investigating.
The grandfather had come out of retirement to assist through the struggle.
Final month talking at a press convention on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, he held up a placard that learn “Save US”.
It did not work.
“On his strategy to al-Awda Hospital to judge a affected person, one of many tanks fired on him straight,” in keeping with Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital.
“Sadly, he was killed immediately.”
However some eyewitnesses say Dr Joudeh was shot by a drone.
Israel doesn’t permit overseas journalists unrestricted entry to Gaza.
However from Jerusalem, I spoke to Louise Wateridge from the principle United Nations support company in Gaza.
“It is devastating for his household. It is devastating for individuals within the north who’re counting on so few medical doctors,” mentioned Ms Wateridge.
“Hospitals within the Gaza Strip will not be hospitals anymore,” she mentioned.
“There isn’t any sanitation. There are hardly any medical doctors. There isn’t any medical tools. Sufferers are dying needlessly.”
Ms Wateridge described the humanitarian scenario in Gaza as apocalyptic.
For greater than two months a lot of Northern Gaza has been beneath Israeli siege and bombardment.
Israel says it’s concentrating on Hamas operatives who’ve been regrouping there.
ReutersOn 7 October final 12 months, Hamas launched an assault in southern Israel killing 1,200 individuals and taking 251 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel launched a large operation contained in the Gaza Strip with the acknowledged purpose of eliminating Hamas.
Thus far, at the very least 44,875 individuals have been killed and greater than 100,000 injured – principally civilians, the Hamas-run well being ministry says. The UN regards these figures as dependable.
At the very least 30 of them had been killed – and one other 50 wounded – in an Israeli strike on a publish workplace turned shelter for displaced individuals in central Gaza on Thursday night time, in keeping with native medics.
Locals say Gazans displaced by the 14-month battle had been sheltering there and that many members of 1 prolonged household had been killed.
The Israeli army mentioned it was concentrating on a senior Islamic Jihad member behind assaults on Israeli civilians and troops.
It accused the armed group of exploiting Gaza’s civilians as human shields for its actions.
