Australian doctor trapped in Gaza hospital begs government to evacuate medical team

Australian doctor trapped in Gaza hospital begs government to evacuate medical team

Push to reopen borders essential to get aid in and humanitarian workers out ‘before we have another Zomi Frankcom’

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An Australian doctor trapped inside one of Gaza’s few remaining functioning hospitals has urged the Australian government to do more to get him and his colleagues out and additional medical aid in.

Sydney-based Dr Modher Albeiruti is among 16 international doctors and medical workers who have been stranded inside the European hospital in Khan Younis since Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing this month.

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