Palestinian female surgeon, Dr Sara al Saqqa, has been included in the BBC List of 100 Inspiring and Influential women from around the world for 2023.
The first certified Palestinian female surgeon in Gaza, Dr Sara Al-Saqqa works in its largest hospital, Al-Shifa, BBC wrote introducing the Palestinian doctor.
The Zionist army had in the last week stormed Al Shifa Hospital leaving a number of patients dead, including new born babies on incubator.
The Israel Occupation Forces invaded Al Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza claiming they were being used by the Palestinian Resistance Groups as control bases. The hospital staff and Gaza Ministry of Health refuted the Israeli claims.
Hamas also invited international observers led by UN for inspection of the hospitals in Gaza.
Israel has so far not provided any admissible evidence to confirm its claim that hospitals in Gaza re being used as control bases by Hamas and other Palestinian Resistance Groups.
Dr Sara has been using her Instagram account to document the experience of treating people in the middle of a war.
Al-Saqqa has been posting about the lack of electricity, fuel, water and food, which has prevented the hospital from treating its patients. She had to leave Al-Shifa shortly before Israeli soldiers stormed into the hospital, mocking all international and humanitarian rules.
Al-Saqqa studied medicine in the Islamic University of Gaza and surgery at London’s Queen Mary University. She is no longer the only female surgeon in Gaza, with others following in her footsteps.
