Cliff Notes
- Dr Victoria Rose, a British NHS plastic surgeon, reports worsening conditions in Gaza hospitals, including increased bombing and high infection rates leading to avoidable deaths.
- She refutes claims that Hamas uses hospitals for military purposes, stating she has never encountered military personnel or weapons in Gaza hospitals, only the IDF.
- The humanitarian situation remains dire, exacerbated by the Israeli blockade, with allegations surrounding the aid distribution by a controversial humanitarian organisation backed by Israel and the US.
The only people I’ve ever seen in Gaza with weapons are the IDF,’ says British surgeon
A British surgeon has told Sky News she has never treated or seen anyone in a Gaza hospital in military uniform – and the only people she has seen with weapons are the IDF.
Dr Victoria Rose, a NHS plastic surgeon who has experience working in Gaza, said conditions there are now the worst they’ve ever been.
“There’s been a real escalation in the bombing campaign,” she told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips.
“The population is on their knees.”
Hospitals in Gaza have frequently come under Israeli military (IDF) fire – and sometimes find themselves besieged – in the ongoing war following Hamas’s October 2023 attacks on Israel.
Medical facilities are usually protected during conflicts under international law, but Israel has repeatedly claimed that Hamas uses them for command centres.
Asked about Israel’s allegations, Dr Rose said: “I’ve never treated or seen anyone – in any of the hospitals that I’ve worked in – in military uniform or with a weapon.
“The only people I’ve ever seen in Gaza with military uniforms and weapons are the IDF.”