“What I Saw Wasn’t War — It Was Annihilation,“ Says U.S. Doctor Who Volunteered in Gaza Hospital

Support our work: We speak with an American doctor just back from Gaza about the “unimaginable scale“ of its humanitarian crisis. Irfan Galaria, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, recently wrote an op-ed for the _L.A. Times_ describing Israel’s assault on Gaza’s civilians as “annihilation.“ Dr. Galaria, who has worked in conflict zones around the world, says he and his team witnessed “a collateral humanitarian crisis of an unimaginable scale,“ involving the “deliberate attempt“ to both target civilians with military assault and to deprive them of aid. “I thought I was going to be prepared, but I was not prepared for what I saw,“ he says. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: