Dr. Ron Lobel, a doctor at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, says his hospital has treated more than 400 people since Saturday's attack.
The death toll of the war between Israel and Hamas has risen to nearly 1,600 on both sides, with many more injured. FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis spoke with a doctor who has been on the front lines of the conflict about his experience.Dr. Ron Lobel is the Head of Emergency Services at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, an Israeli city just 8 miles north of Gaza.
"Usually a mass casualty event, a major mass casualty event in our hospital is 50 injured," Dr. Lobel said. "We have never dealt with such numbers. Many, many of them that came in were in critical situation." "People were injured by the rocket attacks, by shrapnel or by direct hits of the of the rockets. Houses collapsed in Ashkelon city and in the cities around. And many, many others were shot directly by the Hamas people that entered the settlements," Dr. Lobel said.
The fighting also hit close to home for Lobel, with more than a dozen of his neighbors losing their lives.
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