{"id":82446,"date":"2023-11-12T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/israel-hamas-war-red-cross-surgeon-in-gaza-gives-harrowing-account-of-child-amputation-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T18:38:25","slug":"israel-hamas-war-red-cross-surgeon-in-gaza-gives-harrowing-account-of-child-amputation-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/israel-hamas-war-red-cross-surgeon-in-gaza-gives-harrowing-account-of-child-amputation-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas war: Red Cross surgeon in Gaza gives harrowing account of child amputation | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The chief surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross has given a harrowing account of an amputation his team performed at a hospital in southern Gaza in a video diary shared with Sky News.<\/p>\n

Dr Tom Potokar said his team had to amputate the hand of a six-year-old child with “very deep burn injuries”.<\/p>\n

He said the boy’s hand had been “charred” and was the cause of ongoing infection which was making him very unwell.<\/p>\n

The child remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n

Follow updates: Israel-Gaza latest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Potokar sent the eyewitness account from the European Gaza Hospital in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n

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He described “another very busy day” in theatre where his team were dealing with “very limited resources, very limited monitoring and really far from ideal circumstances anesthetising patients”.<\/p>\n

They are, nevertheless, able to get patients in a position where they can operate on them, thanks to the “amazing” work of his anaesthetist, he said.<\/p>\n

Israel has been urging civilians in northern Gaza to travel to the south as it continues to push forward with its ground operations following the 7 October attacks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, bombardments have continued in the south.<\/p>\n

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Dr Potokar said patients are still arriving at the hospital where colleagues are dealing with “many burns”, complicated blast injuries with extensive tissue loss and bone injury.<\/p>\n

A nursing staff shortage was presenting a major challenge due to the large number of dressing changes they are having to contend with, he said.<\/p>\n

They are also “inundated with internally displaced people”, he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dr Potokar said bombardment continues every night, including “one very close at 1.30am this morning which whistled over the top of the building”.<\/p>\n

Read more on Sky News:
How does Hamas count those who have been killed?
Hezbollah’s leader threatens escalation
Stop killing women and babies in Gaza, Macron tells Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To the north, Israeli strikes have been pounding Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas fighters near its largest hospital.<\/p>\n

Health officials said medics, patients and displaced people were trapped in the al Shifa Hospital with no electricity and dwindling supplies.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/strong> claims the al Shifa hospital is a command centre for Hamas<\/strong>, a claim the group – which the UK has designated a proscribed terrorist organisation – has denied.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected growing international calls for a ceasefire<\/strong>, saying Israel’s battle to crush Hamas militants will continue with “full force”.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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