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    This American is one of the few allowed into Gaza. This is the horror she saw

    Dr. Seema Jilani spent two weeks at al-Aqsa hospital, where she saw horrors that include "the most nightmarish thing I've ever seen."
    by Ari Shapiro Jan 11, 2024 6 minutes
    Dr. Seema Jilani treats a baby at al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.

    Very few people are allowed to enter Gaza right now. Dr. Seema Jilani, an American, is one of them.

    She spent two weeks working at a hospital there and witnessed horrors play out before her. She recorded voice memos in between treating patients and shared them with NPR.

    And a warning: The descriptions that follow from those voice memos, and from her interview with NPR on Wednesday, include graphic scenes of violence and suffering.

    It's been nearly 100 days since the deadly Hamas attack on Israel, which prompted Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

    Israel says it aims to destroy Hamas. By Palestinian officials' tally, more than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, and about one in every 40 people there have been wounded in just three months.

    Israel's military is now pushing deeper into central Gaza, and says Hamas uses hospitals as command centers. The World Health Organization says the most important hospital in central Gaza is al-Aqsa.

    "I've seen a lot, and I never compare conflicts, but that's got to be the most nightmarish

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