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Nov 2023
25m 8s

Why are Gaza's hospitals under relentles...

Al Jazeera
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Premature babies in danger of being killed, as Israeli attacks cripple most hospitals in Gaza. The World Health Organization says the biggest, al-Shifa, resembles a cemetery.
How can this happen to places protected by international law? And what impact is it having on the Palestinians?

Join Host Tom McRae

Guests:

Dr. Omar Abdel-Mannan - Co-founder, Gaza Medic.

Bushra Khalidi - Policy Lead in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, OXFAM.

Dr. Mads Gilbert - Medical Head and Professor, Clinic of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway. 

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