Mohammed Fayeq ran towards the blast when he heard it.
The 29-year-old was awoken by an explosion that sounded like it had come from inside the medical centre, and rushed to report from the scene.
“He wanted to help and document everything. This is what we do as journalists, especially when colleagues are targeted.”
The blood-strained camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo: AFP)
In total, Israel struck the hospital four times on 25 August. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later called the incident a “tragic mishap” and said military authorities were “conducting a thorough investigation”.
Mohammed sustained several injuries to his chest, abdomen, back, right hand, and leg, and has been in intermediate care unit at Nasser Hospital for the past seven days.
Brother Ahmed Fayeq told The i Paper: “I urge all journalists, or anyone involved in journalism, or anyone who has the capability to medically evacuate him, to please take on this task.
Mohammed Fayeq in the Gazan hospital he was reporting in after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike
Attar warned: “His situation is critical. The doctors said he suffers paraplegia while Gaza hospitals and healthcare sector are facing a severe crisis.
“He needs to be seen by specialised doctors. Mohammad’s case is treatable, but only if he leaves Gaza.
Mohammad’s family expected him to be evacuated by the World Health Organization (WHO) two days ago, but it has been postponed because Nasser hospital told the American hospital facilitating his exit that his condition has stabilised – a claim that has baffled his loved ones.
Attar said he hope evacuation could “save what is left of his body and health”, and eventually for Mohammad to return home and continue work as a journalist.
A woman carries the body of a newborn killed in an attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. (Photo: Samar Abu Elouf/UN Women)
Dr Ahmed, Ubaid 27, was working at Nasser Hospital the day the blasts hit.
Ahmed was badly injured in the second, with hot shrapnel embedding in his knee. He believes he was the only survivor nearby.
Dr Ubaid being treated after the attack.
“There was a lot of smoke. I tried to drag myself away because everyone was afraid to come closer, fearing a third explosion. I dragged myself inside the medical tent, which is attached to the hospital. I was semi-conscious, and tried to hold on to consciousness.
A week on from the blast, he is a patient in the hospital he once worked in, and the medication he relies on is running out.
He needs an arthroscope, a procedure in which a joint is inspected and operated on, and an MRI scan – neither of which can be performed in Gaza.
Dr Ubaid. left, at work before the attack.“I’m still young. I’m an emergency doctor and work 120 hours per week, so this injury is very sensitive. Without that treatment, it will heal incorrectly and I will suffering all my life,” he said.
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