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Nov 2023
20m 39s

Piling corpses and dying babies: al-Shif...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

'Darkest days' in history, says a doctor who once worked at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Patients, medical staff, and displaced people were evacuated from the complex following an Israeli military order, according to Palestinian officials. Besieged and raided by Israeli forces for days with no water, food, fuel or medical supplies - Gaza’s largest hospital has turned into a mass grave.

In this episode: 

  • Dr. Mads Gilbert (@DrGilbert), Emergency Physician and Activist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Miranda Lin, and our host Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Tim St Clair mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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