OCHA / RAFAH AIRSTRIKE MEDICAL RESPONSE

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, doctors at Rafah’s International Medical Corps (IMC) field hospital were among the first responders to the 26 May airstrike on a makeshift camp of internally displaced people. OCHA

• Video Length: 00:03:08
• Production Date: 27 May 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HEALTH AID; HEALTH CENTRES; HOSPITALS; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; CIVILIANS; PALESTINE
• Geographic Subject: GAZA; PALESTINE; ISRAEL
• MAMS Id: 3211847
• Parent Id: 3211847
• Alternate Title: unifeed240527b

Description

STORY: OCHA / RAFAH AIRSTRIKE MEDICAL RESPONSE
TRT: 03:08
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 27 MAY 2024, RAFAH, GAZA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, International Medical Corps Hospital (IMC)
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Al Ghouf, displaced person hit by airstrike:
“I saw children on the ground… I saw women on the ground… I saw dead bodies… legs.”
3. Various shots, activity at hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Al Ghouf, displaced person hit by airstrike:
“When the strike hit, I was thinking of my children. I was thinking how I promised them to buy them stuff today. I promised them to get to the supermarket and do some shopping and to hug them. But unfortunately, I am here, and they are in a different place. “
5. Various shots, injuries
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Javed Ali, Medical Director, International Medical Corps (IMC):
“I saw the dead body of a father who was basically holding his child, perhaps around three years of age. They were burned and charred. We couldn't separate them. So, we had to put both of them together in a body bag. It was very, very hard.”
7. Close up, injured child’s leg
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Javed Ali, Medical Director, International Medical Corps (IMC):
“With this, loud, airstrike that we heard. We just rushed to the hospital in about five minutes or so after arrival, we started seeing ambulances coming in.”
9. Wide shot, patient with family members
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Javed Ali, Medical Director, International Medical Corps (IMC):
“I think in total we had about 75 patients. Out of those 75, 25 were very critical.”
11. Wide shot, IMC field hospital
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Javed Ali, Medical Director, International Medical Corps (IMC):
“We were running out of, basically, stretchers to carry patients in and out. So, it was getting extremely challenging.”
13. Med shot, injured child getting meal
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Javed Ali, Medical Director, International Medical Corps (IMC):
“I chose this as a career for myself about 15, 20 years ago. I'm here with my peers, my colleagues, like-minded people who are here basically to serve as many lives as possible. So, for me, right now, it means everything.”
15. Pan right, IMC field hospital

Storyline

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), doctors at Rafah’s International Medical Corps (IMC) field hospital were among the first responders to the 26 May airstrike on a makeshift camp of internally displaced people.

“I saw the dead body of a father who was basically holding his child, perhaps around three years of age” said Dr. Javed Ali, medical director at IMC.

He added, “They were burned and charred. We couldn't separate them. So, we had to put both of them together in a body bag. It was very, very hard.”