A Public Affair

A Public Affair


A Trauma Surgeon’s Report From Gaza

November 28, 2025

In this prerecorded conversation from late July 2025, host Esty Dinur follows up with Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon who visited Madison last summer to report on his work in hospitals in Gaza. In this show, he speaks in more detail about Israel’s targeting of healthcare workers. He describes the difficulties of counting deaths in Gaza and tells the stories of other medical workers.

This interview contains mentions of torture and sexual abuse.

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a general, trauma, and critical care surgeon based in California. He is also a humanitarian surgeon, having worked most extensively in Palestine, but also in Ukraine, Haiti, Zimbabwe, and Burkina Faso. Dr. Sidhwa has written and spoken extensively about surgical humanitarian work, the United States’ role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the political consequences of medical relief work. He approaches the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a secular American and as a humanitarian physician.

Featured image of Dr. Feroze Sidhwa.

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