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New Delhi: Doctor Ghassan Abu-Sitta, a British-Palestinian war surgeon currently based in Gaza, attends to a patient every 10 minutes at the citys main Al-Shifa Hospital...
Abu-Sitta, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, has previously served in Gaza and other conflict zones such as Syria, Yemen, Iraq and south Lebanon...
The hospital suffered a deadly blast that day, which reportedly killed more than 500 people on the premises, comprising the wounded, those seeking shelter, patients, children and healthcare staff...
While Israel has denied responsibility for the bombing of the hospital, claiming the blast was the result of a failed rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Abu-Sitta said he was certain that the former was responsible for the attack...
At Gazas largest hospital, Abu-Sitta further said, doctors were running out of medication, supplies, dressings and water due to a blockade initiated by Israel...
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