For Anas Daher, 24, the situation in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah over the past month has been “terrifying.”
Daher is a nurse at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and Israel bombed both the gate of the hospital and the camp on its grounds at the beginning of September.
“Quadcopters hovered closely over the hospital for many days before the incursion, playing bizarre sounds,” he said, like dogs barking. “On the day we were forced to flee [on 25 August], there was a sniper nearby opening fire at people running away.”
Daher has since returned to his work at the hospital, but he said the quadcopters and Apache helicopters continue to hover above.
“Our hospitals are being targeted,” he said. “We call on the world to protect them. We really need an urgent end to this war.” ….more
