Doctors recount horror of Gaza hospital blast

The head of orthopedic surgery at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza, Fadel Naim, had just finished a procedure when he heard a huge explosion and his department filled with people screaming for help.
“People came running into the surgery department screaming help us, help us, there are people killed and wounded inside the hospital,” he said. He found the hospital full of dismembered bodies and wounded people.
“We tried to save whoever could be saved but the number was too great for the hospital team,” he said.
Palestinian officials blamed an Israeli air strike for the blast. Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, which denied blame.