Our Work in Gaza During the War and Fragile Ceasefire

Our immediate objective was to get surgical teams and life-saving equipment/supplies into Gaza quickly and on a regular basis. Our first team worked at the European hospital for two weeks from 27th December 2023, and since then we have deployed another 20 teams of between one and five specialist surgeons and anaesthetists to the European and Nasser hospitals, Khan Younis, and Shifa hospital, Gaza city. In total 60 specialists have been deployed to date, with our next team of five due to enter Gaza in November 2026.

We have been able to support local colleagues, exhausted and fearful for their families, with the emergency surgical management of survivors of major trauma (predominantly blast and crush injuries), and the subsequent management of patients with complex limb injuries. So many of these patients have lost family members and have devastating, disabling wounds, requiring multiple operations and lifelong rehabilitation.

A Summary of Our Clinical Activity to Date