US, international volunteer doctors trapped in Gaza hospital by Israeli assault

US, international volunteer doctors trapped in Gaza hospital by Israeli assault

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Teams of 35 international doctors, including 22 Americans, are trapped in Gaza after Israel's seizure of the main crossing into Egypt sealed off their way out. Meant to be on a two-week mission, the volunteer doctors describe a situation far worse than they had imagined in Gaza's decimated health system. They tell of multiple amputations on children, rampant infections and local Palestinian medical staff exhausted and overwhelmed. Now living in the hospital where they work, they are waiting for negotiations to get them out of the devastated territory — and for other teams to take their place.

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