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British doctors working in Gaza describe territory as a ‘slaughterhouse’

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Saturday May 24, 2025 00:23author by imc Report this post to the editors

There’s no food getting in so people are starving,’ surgeon Tom Potokar says

British doctors working in Gaza have described the territory as a “slaughterhouse,” where the patients they are treating are severely malnourished.

Plastic surgeons and orthopedic specialists from the UK are based at the Amal and Nasser hospitals in Khan Younis in the south of the territory.

Dr. Tom Potokar, a plastic surgeon specializing in burn injuries, has worked in Gaza 16 times but said this mission had revealed a level of destruction far greater than his last visit in 2023,

“What can you say, it’s horrific, it’s a slaughterhouse,” Potokar said after operating on a badly injured Palestinian woman whose husband and children were killed in an Israeli attack.

He urged world leaders to “stop talking and do something.”

Potokar moved to Amal hospital last week after the nearby European hospital where he had been working was hit by Israeli missiles and forced to close.

Gaza’s health care is in a state of collapse, with hospitals being repeatedly targeted by Israel since the war started in October 2023.

The relentless airstrikes and bombings have killed more than 53,000 people and hospitals are full of Palestinians with blast-related injuries.

A blockade of humanitarian aid since March has further strained hospitals, leaving doctors with limited supplies to treat the injured.

“The difference this time I think is the intensity,” Potokar said. “Back in October to December 2023 was the last time I was here, there was a lot of wounded and it was very intense as well.

“I think the difference this time is, because of the blockade there’s so little stuff getting in, there’s no food getting in so people are starving. There’s very little medical supplies coming in but also the other very noticeable thing is the massive extent of destruction. I mean, Khan Younis looks like Stalingrad.”

The report showed the chaos of the hospital’s emergency rooms, with badly injured children being brought in for initial treatment before being sent for surgery with the British medics.

Most of the injuries are blast wounds and the patients are malnourished.


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British surgeon working in Gaza says it is now 'a slaughterhouse'


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