Doctor describes amputating girl’s leg in Gaza without anaesthesia

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Doctor describes amputating girl’s leg in Gaza without anaesthesia. (2026, August 16). Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/16/doctor-describes-amputating-girls-leg-in-gaza-without-anaesthesia?traffic_source=rss

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An orthopedic surgeon, Mark Perlmutter, describes performing an amputation on a 5-year-old girl in Gaza without anesthesia due to supply shortages caused by conflict. The operation took place during Israel's military actions in the region. No specific details are provided about the context of the war or its impact on medical supplies beyond that they had run out.

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Story summary

In Gaza, an orthopedic surgeon named Mark Perlmutter was forced to amputate the leg of a 5-year-old girl without using anesthesia because medical supplies had run out during the conflict between Israel and Gaza. The doctor said that he and his team "were praying for her to faint" so they could complete the procedure, but she remained awake throughout the operation. To try and distract her from the pain, the doctors sang to her as they worked.

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Gaza Israel

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Gaza GPE · 2× Israel GPE · 1× Mark Perlmutter PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter recounts amputating the leg of a five-year-old girl in Gaza without anaesthesia after supplies ran out during Israel’s genocidal war.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-16

2026-08-16 · Al Jazeera

Doctor describes amputating girl’s leg in Gaza without anaesthesia · assertive framing

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

Doctor describes amputating girl’s leg in Gaza without anaesthesia ‘We were praying for her to faint’. asserted

her → describe → anaesthesia

Orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter recounts amputating the leg of a five-year-old girl in Gaza without anaesthesia after supplies ran out during Israel’s genocidal war. asserted

supplies → recount → war

He says doctors sang to her as she remained awake through the procedure. asserted

she → say → procedure