Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate
At the European Hospital in Rafah, there are shortages of pain medication, antibiotics, even bandages, American volunteers say they are unable to save lives — and unable to evacuate to safety.
Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of injuries.
AMMAN, Jordan — When Zain Abu Obeid died on Sunday at the last functioning hospital in Rafah, there was no one to collect the 7-year-old boy's body from the morgue. He had been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed his entire family, according to members of a U.S. medical team trapped at the European Hospital following Israel's closure of the nearby border crossing.
Conditions are so dire that the hospital staff are operating without light due to fuel shortages.
"You can see how everything is dark. The only light is coming from outside," Dr. Ammar Ghanem, vice chair of the , said in a video that he
