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A British surgeon with the International Committee of the Red Cross recently crossed into Gaza. NPR’s Aya Batrawy spoke with him about what he has seen as hospitals overflow with people injured by Israeli airstrikes. And a warning – this report includes graphic descriptions of their injuries.
AYA BATRAWY, BYLINE: Dr. Tom Potokar tells me he’s seen a catastrophic situation since entering Gaza on October 27 the scale of which he’s never seen before.
TOM POTOKAR: I’ve been to Gaza many, many times over the years. I’ve never seen a situation even remotely as bad as it is currently.
BATRAWY: The British plastic, reconstructive and burns surgeon leads what the International Committee of the Red Cross says is a war surgery team in Gaza. A lot of the cases he’s handling have been women and children with very complex injuries and…
