Merseyside surgeon Dr Abdelkader Hammad travelled to the region to perform kidney transplants.
A Merseyside doctor working in Gaza has described how he was woken by the sound of rockets as the latest conflict in the region began.
He has spent the last 10 years visiting the area to undertake kidney transplants and train local doctors.Dr Hammad said within 20 minutes "everything had changed" as the conflict began "I was woken up by the noise from the rocket and then within twenty minutes obviously everything had changed," Dr Hammad said.
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