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American doctor stuck in Gaza says closed Rafah border has left hospitals barely functioning

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Published May 13, 2024 at 8:06 AM EDT

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A Palestinian medic cares for babies born preterm amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement, at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)

With the Rafah border closed as the region faces an impending invasion from Israeli forces, hospitals in Gaza are struggling to function with the limited supplies they have left.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Dr. Mahmoud Sabha, an American wound care physician who is volunteering at the European Hospital in southern Gaza with the Palestinian American Medical Association about what he’s seeing on the ground.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.