Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australian health worker in Gaza says conditions ‘worse than you can imagine’ a year into war

Displaced Palestinians shelter in a tent camp in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on 21 September.
Displaced Palestinians shelter in a tent camp in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on 21 September. Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

An Australian health worker who is helping to manage emergency care in Gaza is blunt when asked what her fellow Australians need to know about the situation in the besieged territory after a year of war.

“That it is worse than you can imagine,” Sally Stevenson tells Guardian Australia. “The destruction is everywhere, as far as the eye can see, it is in the air we breathe. There is no safe place in Gaza. For anyone, especially children.”

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.