Gaza Hospitals Overwhelmed As Children Suffer amid Israel’s Deadly Assault
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – British doctors report Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed by mass casualties, with children bearing the heaviest toll of Israel’s ongoing military assault.
Victoria Rose, a British surgeon who has volunteered in Gaza several times, said the number of injured children is “totally unacceptable.”
Speaking at the informal Gaza tribunal in London, she cited UN figures showing 50,000 children injured in Gaza, compared with 2,400 in Ukraine, illustrating the scale of Israel’s attacks.
During her May mission at Nasser Hospital, Rose operated on 10-12 patients daily, the first six usually under 15 years old.
She recounted treating an 18-month-old with 50 percent burns and a three-year-old boy with 35 percent burns, noting that in the UK these cases carry a 50/50 survival rate.
Rose also treated a five-year-old girl who lost an arm, performing partial hand reconstruction, while her colleagues operated on the girl’s mother next door.
Other victims included a seven-year-old girl missing a knee and a boy who lost his left ankle while his brother was treated in the adjacent theatre.
Nick Maynard, a British doctor returning from a third Gaza mission, described witnessing “daily” war crimes he considered “genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
He recalled Israel bombing Al-Aqsa Hospital’s ICU while he operated nearby.
Maynard highlighted the death of seven-month-old Zaynab from malnutrition, noting she was fed only water mixed with sugar after Israeli guards removed life-saving formula supplies brought by US doctors.
He stated that Gaza has been “failed by our media” and “failed by our government.”
In Deir el-Balah, hospitals face immense pressure, with insufficient stretchers forcing volunteers to carry patients manually.
Front-line hospitals in Gaza City, including al-Ahli Arab and al-Shifa, report nonstop casualties from Israeli air attacks requiring urgent treatment.
The Israeli military offensive has killed over 63,700 Palestinians and pushed Gaza toward famine.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for prime minister Netanyahu and former war minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice over its attacks on Gaza.
