Médecins Sans Frontières - Testimonies from Nasser hospital

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB182223

Date taken / Date Recorded 25/11/2023 12:00 AM

Country Palestinian Territories

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

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Additional Information / Shotlist Bombings and ground attacks have intensified in the south of Gaza since the end of the ceasefire. Many people have taken refuge in and around Nasser Hospital, which was previously supported by MSF.
We were in Gaza City and we did not want to go to the south, but the situation became too difficult due to the shelling, lack of water, lack of electricity and lack of everything else.
We stayed until the last moment. Then they hit the school in Al-Sabra neighbourhood and also our neighbourhood. The situation became terrible, so I took my wife and my children and we came here.
We are at Nasser Hospital.
The situation is not good.
The mobile network was cut off as well as the Internet and there was no communication.

We do not know who is alive, who died or who lost their homes.
When we came here a month ago, it was hot, and now it's cold and the rain water has flooded us, as you can see.
It is very tough. We have a hard time finding bread for the kids, and if we get some we divide it to feed all the family. Other than that, [we face] difficulty in [obtaining] water, especially fresh water.
The delivery of humanitarian aid is almost non-existent. Basic items are in short supply and hospitals are short of medicines.
I went back to our house as there were displaced people in the school who had asked us for some things.
We entered the house and a few minutes later it was hit.
I was injured in my leg, my back, and my left hand.
I had burns and flesh wounds. My mother had her hand amputated, and my little niece was killed. What have these young children done to deserve this?
I was sitting at home in the afternoon, with my three children - all of us together. Suddenly, with no warning we heard an explosion, a missile coming down on the house we were in. I was injured, there was chaos, I lost my toes, my second son lost his fingers, my third son [was hit by] shrapnel. Both of them fell into the hole. I was at the door and thank God, people managed to pull us out.
I was unconscious as soon as the missile hit. I was hit on the head. They resuscitated me and I stayed almost a full day in the recovery room. As soon as I woke up I was taken to surgery.
MSF calls for an immediate and sustained ceasefire to prevent further deaths in Gaza and allow unconditional supplies to cross into the Strip.

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