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Radio 4,13 May 2025,8 mins,

On the ground in Gaza: ‘I don’t think a horror movie could fictionalise anything more sick’

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Sam Attar is an orthopaedic surgeon from Chicago who was working at Al-Ahli hospital for the NGO Palestinian American Bridge. He tells the World At One’s Sarah Montague about what he’s experienced as a doctor working on the ground in Gaza. This interview was originally broadcast on 22 April 2025.

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