aza (Quds News Network)- Gaza’s hospitals are overwhelmed after Israeli forces opened fire on starving civilians gathered at a US-linked aid distribution point near Rafah. Doctors on the ground call it one of the worst mass casualty events they’ve ever seen.
Australian emergency physician Dr. Ahmed Abu Sweid, who arrived in Gaza just days ago, said the trauma is unlike anything he has witnessed before. “Today we had a mass casualty event,” he said. “Hundreds of injured, dozens already confirmed dead. The hospital is overwhelmed. We’re running out of ketamine, dressings, and chest tubes.” He added, “These are all civilian injuries—gunshot wounds, shrapnel. Some arrived already dead, with gunshots to the head and chest.”
British surgeon Dr. Victoria Rose, speaking from Nasser Medical Complex, said conditions are catastrophic. “We’ve had a shooting at the GHF aid distribution center near Rafah. It’s absolute carnage. All the beds are full of people with gunshot wounds. We’ve had hundreds coming through the door. It’s beyond capacity.”
Dr. Thomas Potokar, a British surgeon and veteran of 16 medical missions to Gaza, said this is the worst he has seen the enclave. “On top of the constant bombardment and huge numbers of injuries, there’s widespread malnutrition. Patients’ wounds aren’t healing. Everything’s getting infected. Most hospitals in the north are no longer functional. 80% of our patients are women and children.”
He also stressed the psychological and physical exhaustion of Gaza’s medical teams. “The staff is completely worn out. The infrastructure is being systematically destroyed.”
Doctors say the victims of the “Witkoff massacre” were mostly civilians misled into believing aid was being distributed. Instead, they were gunned down. Most arrived with single gunshot wounds to the head or chest—signs of targeted execution.
International outrage is growing over the US-backed distribution system and the increasing use of aid to lure civilians. Many in Gaza have begun referring to the killing as the “Witkoff Massacre,” named after US Special Envoy Steven Witkoff, who publicly supported the infamous aid model just one day earlier.
The health system in Gaza, already decimated after months of war, is collapsing under the pressure. Medical workers say if the international community continues to remain silent, more lives will be lost in similar atrocities.
