Dr. Khaled Al Serr, a surgeon at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, recently endured six months as a prisoner in the Israeli military court system. Prior to his seizure, he was in the midst of doing what he could to help during one of the worst humanitarian crises Gaza has ever seen.
“From the moment the war started, I did everything I could to help my people,” Al Serr recalled during an interview in early October. “I couldn’t think about my own safety when so many of my countrymen needed help.”
But in late March, Israeli forces stormed Nasser Medical Complex for the second time during this ongoing genocide. Soldiers forced medical staff, including Al Serr, to evacuate.
Buzzing overhead, drones issued commands to leave the building. Despite wearing his white doctor’s coat and a stethoscope around his neck, clearly identifying him as a medical professional, Al Serr was detained.
“They made us strip our clothes and tied our hands and blindfolded us,” he told The Electronic Intifada. “It was humiliating, but worse than that, they treated us like criminals. We were just doctors trying to save lives. ….more
