We had to follow the road to Cairo, passing the numerous checkpoints.
On the night of January 20, Doctor Zouhair Lahna set foot “in the other world”, in Gaza.
For more than three weeks, this Franco-Moroccan obstetric surgeon, who works at the Lilas maternity ward in Seine-Saint-Denis, has been treating the women of Rafah, to the south of the Palestinian enclave, where no one enters or leaves. .
This seasoned humanitarian, on a mission with the PalMed association of Palestinian doctors, admits to having never plunged into such “hell”.
On Monday, two Israeli hostages were released by the Israeli army in Rafah, after a deluge of bombs on this city where more than 1 million Gazans gathered.
This Tuesday, international pressure intensified for a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas, including a new release of hostages, after the Israeli announcement of an upcoming offensive on Rafah.
Between network outages and incessant requests from his colleagues, the obstetrician, live from the maternity ward, tells us how he takes care of mothers and babies.
Nevertheless.
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