{"id":101065,"date":"2026-09-26T03:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-u-s-doctor-survived-a-deadly-strike-in-gaza-he-still-plans-to-return-somebodys-got-to-go-do-this\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T03:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T03:33:51","slug":"a-u-s-doctor-survived-a-deadly-strike-in-gaza-he-still-plans-to-return-somebodys-got-to-go-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/a-u-s-doctor-survived-a-deadly-strike-in-gaza-he-still-plans-to-return-somebodys-got-to-go-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"A U.S. doctor survived a deadly strike in Gaza. He still plans to return: &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s got to go do this&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The reality of being a trauma surgeon in a war zone came crashing down on Dr. Feroze Sidhwa when the surgical unit where he was working in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-gaza-war-building-collapse-palestinian-deaths-al-sinaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gaza<\/a><\/span> was hit by an Israeli airstrike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got scared that day, that&#8217;s for sure,&#8221; Sidhwa said, recalling the March 23, 2025, strike that hit the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ICU has those like saloon-type swinging doors. As I walked out, the door came back and hit me in the face and I was like, &#8216;What the heck was that?'&#8221; he said. &#8220;That was a bomb that hit the hospital and the Palestinians all recognized it immediately and, like, jumped on me to try and keep me safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The blast killed two people, including, Sidhwa says, one of his patients. Sources told CBS News that Ismail Barhoum, a political Hamas member and spokesperson who was being treated there, was the target.<\/p>\n<p>Sidhwa, based in California, has traveled to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Ukraine and most recently Gaza to render aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said he hopes to go back to Gaza early next year, but his mother worries about his safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the first time in probably 40 years, maybe 30 years, she just broke down crying, screamed at me on the phone: &#8216;They almost killed you last time you were there. Why are you going back?'&#8221; Sidhwa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said he told her, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, Mom. Somebody&#8217;s got to go do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Rising danger for aid workers<\/h2>\n<p>More than 1,000 aid workers have been killed over the past three years, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/humanitarian-work-more-dangerous-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations<\/a>. Violent incidents affecting aid workers have grown by more than 1,500% since 2000, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidworkersecurity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aid Worker Security Database<\/a> from the independent research organization Humanitarian Outcomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo accounted for the majority of incidents and killings, the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/humanitarianoutcomes.org\/AWSR_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aid Worker Security Report<\/a> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, there have been at least 160 major attacks this year, according to the database.<\/p>\n<p>In February, there were four incidents within 10 days in Sudan that resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Food Programme<\/a> partners or contractors getting killed or injured while delivering food. In <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-zelenskyy-cbs-interview-drones-targeted-plane-twice\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>, which Russia invaded in 2022, World Food Programme assets, including a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukraine.un.org\/en\/319509-wfp-warehouse-dnipro-damaged-multiple-drone-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warehouse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukraine.un.org\/en\/315381-un-wfp-truck-carrying-food-frontline-communities-hit-drone-dnipro-region-driver-injured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trucks<\/a> and marked armored vehicles, have been targeted by drone attacks.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;A critical need&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Trauma surgeon Dr. Michael Samotowka travels to Ukraine six to 10 times a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s not a million people who do what I do. There&#8217;s not a million nurses. So if you bomb a hospital or a healthcare provider or a medic, you&#8217;re taking out somebody that&#8217;s providing a critical need,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samotowka said he and his colleagues have an evacuation plan and security team with them. But in December 2023, a missile struck an operating room that he had been working in two months prior.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a psychological aspect to it. It&#8217;s demoralizing,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, he said there is nothing that would keep him from going back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really feel very passionately that what I&#8217;m doing is important,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samotowka said nations at war need to respect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/en\/law-and-policy\/geneva-conventions-and-their-commentaries#text940072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geneva Conventions<\/a>, international treaties that protect civilians, medics, aid workers and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There needs to be some form of punishment for those who violate the law,&#8221; Samotowka said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sidhwa agrees and goes a step further, encouraging Americans to call their members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One very practical way of protecting people is just saying that if you go out and kill doctors and nurses, then you&#8217;re not going to get weapons from the United States anymore,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department declined an interview request from CBS News. 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