‘We will never forget you’: UK health workers vow to be voice of Gaza colleagues facing Israeli horrors

LONDON, UK - APRIL 22, 2024: British health care workers, in solidarity with their colleagues in the Gaza Strip, are urging the health care community across the globe to join them in calling for a humanitarian, permanent and immediate cease-fire in the enclave. In an interview with Anadolu, Rachel Moses, a physiotherapist, said that 39 physiotherapists have been killed so far in Gaza alone out of hundreds of health care workers who have been killed in Israeli attacks since Oct. 7 last year. "I knew many of them personally," she said, noting that she has been to the besieged enclave many times to help support the rehabilitation and physiotherapy services. One of them was Ouda, a musculoskeletal physiotherapist who was killed in January. "He was a devoted husband. He had two sons and he was larger than life," she noted, adding that Ouda was also a clinical academic. "It is such a tragic loss to our profession and to the people of Gaza," she said. Moses said the situation in Gaza was substandard for anyone even before the "devastating effects of Oct. 7." "Now, the health care system is completely devastated. There are only a handful of hospitals that are operational and with so many health care workers and aid workers killed and injured and displaced," she said. "Everyone has a voice, and we should use it for the sake of humanity." (Footage by Burak Bir /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)