"it was a complete massacre," lebanese ophthalmologist says: more eyeballs were removed in one night than in all the previous years combined
2024-09-20
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"i removed more necrotic eyeballs in one night than i have in my entire career." elias valak, a lebanese ophthalmologist, recalled how "physically and mentally exhausted" he felt in the past two days. "it was very uncomfortable. many of the injured were young men around 20 years old, but i had to remove their eyes." valak said he had never encountered such a situation. according to china news service, lebanese minister of public health firas abyad said that the explosions of communication equipment in many places in lebanon on the 17th and 18th local time have killed 37 people and injured more than 3,500 people.
firas said there are many doctors in the country who are like valak, who are operating on the wounded 24 hours a day. surgeon elias jared said, "most of the people i treat are young men, but i also treat some women and children. most of the wounded look like civilians." jared said that most of the wounded who come are seriously injured, "many have lost their eyesight."
▲surgeon jared said he had to work like a robot
"deep down in our hearts, we feel bad for the injured and for this scarred country," gardner said. "but we have to detach ourselves from reality and work like robots."
firas accused that the attack on lebanon had constituted a war crime. "the whole world saw that the attack took place in a residential area and the injured were not fighting on the battlefield." journalist sally abu jude said that she saw many injured people covered in blood, and ambulances drove to the hospital one after another. "most of the injured were injured in the face and eyes." another woman at the explosion site described the scene as "a complete massacre." she recalled: "those people stumbled on the street. most of them were blind and had injuries to their hands and waists."
many beirut residents said that the recent explosion reminded them of the terrorist incident that occurred in the beirut port area four years ago. it is reported that in august 2020, a violent explosion occurred in the beirut port area, almost flattening most of the nearby buildings and causing thousands of casualties. "we still remember that horrific scene. the nightmare four years ago is happening again." said a beirut resident.
▲in august 2020, a violent explosion occurred in the beirut port area, causing thousands of casualties
according to xinhua news agency, after a series of explosions, hezbollah leader nasrallah said in a speech on the 19th that israel had detonated thousands of communication equipment in an attempt to kill thousands of lebanese, which crossed all red lines and was tantamount to declaring war. israeli defense minister galant announced that israel had opened a "new phase" of fighting hezbollah. firas warned that lebanon needed to prepare for the "worst case scenario." he said that the lebanese government's position was clear and that we did not want to get into a war, "but the recent explosions show that israel does not seem to want to resolve the issue through diplomatic means."
red star news reporter li jinrui compiled from china news service and xinhua news agency
editor: guo yu, responsible editor: guan li
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