'Shocked, devastated': Gaza City assault leaves Palestinians traumatised, scrambling | International

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Sept 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The director ofAl Shifa hospital was on duty Saturday marshalling the facility's response toIsrael's assault on Gaza City when two victims killed in a strike weredelivered to the ward: his brother and his sister-in-law. "I was shocked and devastated to see the bodies of my brother and his wife,"said Mohammed Abu Salmiya, who was working in the emergency department of theterritory's main hospital at the time. "Anything is possible now, as you receive your dearest ones as martyrs orwounded," he told AFP. "The occupation's crimes continue, and the number ofmartyrs keeps rising." As Israel presses its new offensive to capture the territory's largest urbancentre -- despite widespread fears for the safety...