A doctor believed to be the last remaining orthopaedic surgeon in northern Gaza has been killed by Israeli tankfire, according to Palestinian officials. Dr Sayeed Joudeh died on Thursday while he was on his way to work. He was a surgeon at Kamal Adwan and al-Awda hospitals in northern Gaza.

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“On his way to al-Awda Hospital to evaluate a patient, one of the tanks fired on him directly,” according to Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital.

“Unfortunately, he was killed instantly.”

But some eyewitnesses say Dr Joudeh was shot by a drone.

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“It’s devastating for his family. It’s devastating for people in the north who are relying on so few doctors,” said Ms Wateridge.

“Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are not hospitals anymore,” she said.

“There’s no sanitation. There are hardly any doctors. There’s no medical equipment. Patients are dying needlessly.”

Ms Wateridge described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as apocalyptic.