A Canadian trauma surgeon says that for every child he saved in the hospital in southern Gaza, another would die of their injuries. "We lost many children before our eyes," said Dr. Anas Al-Kassem, chief surgeon at Norfolk General Hospital and West Haldimand General Hospital. Al-Kassem, a father of five, returned to his Ancaster, Ont., home on Thursday after the two-week mission, but said his "heart and soul" stayed behind. The trip was organized by Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations-Canada (UOSSM), a coalition of medical humanitarian organizations, and included six doctors from Canada and the U.S. who entered Gaza through Egypt. Medical staff at a Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza attend to Palestinians wounded during an Israeli raid on Dec. 10.

Source: CBC News January 09, 2024 01:39 UTC