‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 07:23
https://sh.itjust.works/post/31070825

As the journalists ran for cover, they say an Israeli drone hovered above and began to follow them. Wahidi does not remember what happened next but video footage from the day shows him lying face down on the ground, sprawled along a pavement in a blue press vest, as his colleagues – unable to reach him – desperately call his name.

Wahidi was wounded only half a kilometre from Jabaliya’s al-Awda hospital but due to Israel’s siege of the health centre, his colleagues were forced to transport him to a hospital farther away. “There were no ambulances available, so we had to drive him quickly in our broadcast vehicle while he bled,” says Sharif.

Wahidi later awoke in critical condition and learned he had been shot in the neck, causing severe damage to his vertebrae and spinal cord; resulting in serious physical, neurological and respiratory injuries. Doctors at the hospital said they did not have the expertise or equipment to treat him and were only able to stop the bleeding. A few days later, he slipped into a coma for two weeks.

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