{"id":17125,"date":"2025-05-08T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:15:16","slug":"british-iraqi-surgeon-barred-from-gaza-after-life-saving-work-receives-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/british-iraqi-surgeon-barred-from-gaza-after-life-saving-work-receives-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"British-Iraqi Surgeon Barred from Gaza After Life-Saving Work, Receives Death Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan-<\/strong><\/em>British-Iraqi surgeon Dr. Mohammed Taher has revealed that he was denied entry into Gaza twice in a row, adding that he received direct death threats if he tried to return to the besieged territory\u2014where he had previously carried out one of his most remarkable medical achievements during Israel\u2019s ongoing assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1233\">In a video posted to his official social media accounts, Taher said:\u201cI\u2019m back\u2026 You\u2019re probably wondering where I\u2019ve been? I was trying to enter Gaza again. But my request was denied twice because I\u2019ve become a witness and a voice for the people there\u2014to the point that I received direct threats if I entered again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1535\">He added:\u201cOf course, that doesn\u2019t stop me\u2014it makes me even more determined to return. I won\u2019t let them push me into silence just because I want to go back to Gaza. I have to speak out, and we all must speak out. Gaza has entered a very dangerous stage, and it\u2019s time we unite and break the siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1653\">He concluded his message by saying:\u201cI\u2019ve had enough. Gaza can\u2019t bear any more silence. It\u2019s our duty to act now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0631\u0627\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0627\u0647\u0631\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0630\u0627\u0639 \u0635\u064a\u062a\u0647 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u0645\u0627 \u0623\u0639\u0627\u062f \u0644\u0637\u0641\u0644\u0629 \u064a\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u0637\u0648\u0639\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u063a\u0632\u0629 : \u201c\u0631\u0641\u0636\u0648\u0627 \u0637\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0644\u062f\u062e\u0648\u0644 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0645\u0631\u062a\u064a\u0646\u060c \u0644\u0623\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0635\u0628\u062d\u062a \u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f\u0627 \u0648\u0635\u0648\u062a\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0647\u0646\u0627\u0643\u060c. \u0647\u064f\u062f\u062f\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0635\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0639\u062f\u062a\u060c \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0648\u0642\u0641\u0646\u064a \u0628\u0644 \u064a\u062c\u0639\u0644\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0634\u062f \u0625\u0635\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0627. \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u062a\u062f\u062e\u0644 \u0645\u0631\u062d\u0644\u0629 \u062e\u0637\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u062c\u062f\u0627. \u064a\u062c\u0628 \u0623\u0646 \u0646\u062d\u0634\u062f \u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0643\u0633\u0631 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0635\u0627\u0631&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yCZhFppurh\">pic.twitter.com\/yCZhFppurh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0629 \u0645\u064a\u0645.. \u0645\u0650\u0631\u0622\u062a\u0646\u0627 (@Meemmag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meemmag\/status\/1920237204242379037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1655\" data-end=\"1912\">Taher, a specialist in orthopedic surgery, was born in the 1980s in Wales, UK, to an Iraqi family originally from Najaf. He rose to prominence in early 2024 when he volunteered in Gaza hospitals with the U.S.-based humanitarian organization Fajr Scientific.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1914\" data-end=\"2126\">During his time there, he performed hundreds of complex surgeries, including a landmark operation to reattach the severed arm of a 9-year-old girl injured by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0645\u062d\u0645\u0648\u0644\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0641\u060c \u0637\u0628\u064a\u0628 \u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642\u064a \u0631\u0641\u0636 \u062a\u0631\u0643 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0623\u062b\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0628 \u060c \u0648\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u062a\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0627\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0646 \u060c \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0628\u064a\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0627\u0642\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0637\u0627\u0647\u0631 \u062d\u0641\u0638\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0631\u0639\u0627\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0642\u062f\u0645 \u0643\u0644 \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0645\u0644\u0643 \u0644\u0627\u0647\u0644 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc94\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXCcYTdxGJ\">pic.twitter.com\/rXCcYTdxGJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u0646 &#8211; Gaza Now (@nowgnna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowgnna\/status\/1880958452484481522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2385\">In a previous statement in May 2024, Taher said that the scenes of destruction and mass casualties in Gaza compelled him to join the medical relief efforts. He affirmed that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza surpassed anything he had ever witnessed elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-British-Iraqi surgeon Dr. Mohammed Taher has revealed that he was denied entry into Gaza twice in a row, adding that he received direct death threats if he tried to return to the besieged territory\u2014where he had previously carried out one of his most remarkable medical achievements during Israel\u2019s ongoing assault. 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