IOF shoot at Gaza residents like 'game of target practice': UK surgeon
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A British doctor returning from Gaza describes Israeli forces targeting Palestinians with deadly precision.
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A Palestinian woman mourns as she holds the body of her 11-year-old son, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza that has been used as a shelter during his burial at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on July 25, 2025 (AP)
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) are targeting Palestinians in Gaza with disturbing precision, “almost like a game of target practice,” according to British doctor Nick Maynard, who recently returned from a four-week medical mission in the besieged enclave, Anadolu reported.
In an interview for Sky News, Maynard, who worked at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, described a dire humanitarian situation, saying medics are struggling to care for malnourished children amid extreme shortages of food and medical supplies.
“I met several doctors who had cartons of formula feed in their luggage," he said, adding, "and they were all confiscated by the Israeli border guards. Nothing else got confiscated, just the formula feed.”
Maynard, a longtime volunteer who has traveled to Gaza for 15 years and made three trips since October 7, 2023, also revealed that four premature babies died during his first two weeks at the hospital.
The physician warned of "many, many more deaths unless the Israelis allow proper food to get in there," describing how people he had known for years were unrecognizable to him.
“Two colleagues had lost 20 kg and 30 kg, respectively. They were shells; they’re all hungry,” he recalled, describing how medical staff push through exhausting shifts only to return to tents with no food.
He also recounted harrowing scenes at aid distribution points, where, he said, Israeli soldiers were firing at civilians "almost like a game of target practice," a claim Israeli forces have denied, despite mounting evidence and reports from international observers.
Meanwhile, the toll of the Israeli genocide in Gaza has surged to 59,676 Palestinians killed and 143,965 others injured.
The Israeli attacks since March 18, 2025, have added significantly to this toll, with 8,527 martyrs and 31,924 injuries recorded during this period alone.
Last October, American physicians recounted distressing tales and a pattern they witnessed while operating in Gaza: children being shot in the head, The New York Times reported.
