CAIRO, (PIC)
Moroccan doctor, Zuhair Lahna, who spent a month in Gaza, said that what’s happening in the territory “will remain a shame on the entire world.”
That was stated in a Facebook post by Hana, aged 56, on Saturday, after spending a month in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, assisting the wounded in hospitals lacking basic necessities due to the deadly war waged by Israel on the enclave since October 7th last year.
Lahna added, “A month passed quickly, and in the last few days, I felt that I haven’t done much, and I still have things to do, challenging my medical duty.”
He noted that “his colleague, Dr. Pascal (he didn’t mention his nationality), also wished to extend his stay in southern Gaza, as he felt the same feelings, experiencing the suffering of others and finding joy in the happiness of children.”
Lahna continued, “What happens on this land (Gaza) and under the world’s eyes will remain a sham forever,” and will produce unimaginable effects.
He explained that “people (in Gaza) need everything from food, shelter, and clothing, not to mention their need for water, bathing, infant formula, and diapers for the little ones.”
He continued, “I cannot describe to you my feeling while I am in a hotel in the Egyptian capital Cairo, safe and sound. I don’t hear the buzzing of drones or the roar of warplanes, and I don’t feel that the ambulance transporting me daily between hospitals could be targeted, and a car or a person next to me could be a direct or indirect victim.”
Lahna did not mention when he entered and when he left the territory, but he indicated his one-month stay inside the territory during the Israeli war on Gaza.
He emphasized that “the meaning of security cannot be described by someone who hasn’t lived in terror and fear.”
He said, “He writes these words and feels a sense of sadness and default, his heart aches, and he is overwhelmed by various feelings that are difficult for him to express.”
He added, “For 25 years, I have been traveling to conflict zones and wars, but what people in Gaza are experiencing is the worst I have ever witnessed, and we haven’t been able to go to the northern part of the enclave.”
Lahna was present at the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
Lahna, who is a volunteer and who is known as the “doctor of the poor,” has previously traveled to Syria in 2014, to Gaza more than once, and to Afghanistan during the war led by the United States against Al-Qaeda in 2001, and has helped patients in more than four African countries.
