Médecins Sans Frontières - Web Clip EN

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB182242

Date taken / Date Recorded 08/12/2023 7:59 PM

Country Palestinian Territories

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Mohammad Hijazi

Copyright Mohammad Hijazi/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m11s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 102.19 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Dr. Ruba – Palestinian Medical Doctor in Gaza – Script EN

[00:00 - 00:11] We are displaced south from the valley, which is supposed to be a safe area, but every night, every day, there are airstrikes. They are targeting everybody. Nobody is safe.

[00:11 - 00:24] There are a lot of different types of injuries. We saw burns from different kinds of sources. We saw raw areas. We saw fractures. Also, there are a lot of kids with amputations.

[00:24 - 00:36] We have only the primary medical supplies with paracetamol, ibuprofen, and dressings, and unfortunately, we don't have access to our clinic. The Israeli army cut the road.

[00:36 - 00:48] We treated a six-year-old female child. She was badly injured with external fixator, and there is a big raw area. She was crying, shouting.

[00:48 - 01:01] She was begging for painkillers, for sedation, because she's tired from pain, and she's tired from inability to move her arm. In most of shelters, you will find fleas,

[01:01 - 01:12] you will find all kinds of skin diseases, all kinds of gastrointestinal symptoms, And in one shelter near where I am located, there is hepatitis A spread between people.

[01:12 - 01:24] It's really hard to treat them because we don't have access to the needed drugs. We don't have access to anything at all. Water and food, they are not clean.

[01:24 - 01:33] And people are now eating anything they could find, because it's really starvation here. I don't believe that anything I say will change the picture.

[01:34 - 01:46] My only message that Palestinians have the right to be treated as human beings, have the right to live. Every day, every night I fear for my kids' life, for my life.

[01:46 - 01:58] And I'm sorry to say that, but after 60 days of war, I'm losing hope, and I am saying that the ones who passed away in the (first) few days, were very lucky.

[01:58 - 02:09] They didn't witness a two-month of terrifying days and nights. I'm seeing my people suffer, and I cannot do anything. This world is not fair.

Web Clip EN - Dr. Ruba Testimony

Web Clip EN - Dr. Ruba Testimony