'People here are in despair': One doctor's experience at a hospital in Gaza

A Palestinian girl wounded during an Israeli airstrike receives medical treatment at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip (AAP).jpg

A Palestinian girl wounded during an Israeli airstrike receives medical treatment at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip Source: AAP / Adel Hana/AP

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Dr David Hassan is a neurosurgeon from North Carolina in the United States who has just returned from an international aid mission to Gaza. While he was there, he collected his thoughts in a daily diary, which has been published by his wife online. In this podcast, Dr Hassan describes what he did, what he saw, and what he felt, for those seven days that he was on the ground.

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