Mads Gilbert

Erik Fosse

?In the course of Israel's twenty-two day military offensive on the Gaza Strip in 2009, 1,300 mostly civilian, Palestinians were killed, with many thousands more injured. Once again, the Palestinian Community lay in ruins. Despite the Israeli authorities' attempt to shut out aid workers and the media from the conflict zone, NORWAC (the Norwegian Ai

Eyes in Gaza

In the summer of 2014, Gaza was attacked by Israel for the fourth time since 2006. This attack lasted fifty-one days. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor, had worked at al-Shifa Hospital during each previous conflict, and in July 2014 he went back there. While he was helping the wounded, he kept a camera in the pocket of his green operating scrubs. In this book, he tells the story in words and images of the fifteen days of bombing and human suffering that he witnessed. At the same time, this book is a tribute to the courage, endurance and almost inconceivably strong spirit of Palestinian health workers and volunteers, a spirit replicated throughout the severely tested society of Gaza, occupied Palestine.

Night in Gaza

Guy Puzey

In the course of Israel's twenty-two day military offensive on the Gaza Strip in 2009, 1,300 Palestinians were killed, with many thousands more injured. Despite the Israeli authorities' attempt to shut out aid workers and the media from the conflict zone, the Norwegian Aid Committee succeeded in getting some envoys into the heart of Gaza City, including two doctors: Erik Fosse and Mads Gilbert. This book is an account of their experience during those harrowing days.

Hans Husum

Torben Wisborg

Life Support for Victims of Mines, Wars, and Accidents

Save Lives, Save Limbs

In the summer of 2014, Gaza was attacked by Israel for the fourth time since 2006. This attack lasted 51 days. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor, had worked at al Shifa Hospital during each previous conflict, and in July 2014 he went back there. While he was helping the wounded, he kept a camera in the pocket of his green operating scrubs. In this book, he tells the story in words and images of the 15 days of bombing and human suffering that he witnessed.

Mads Gilbert

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