Gaza: Six Days In The World's Largest Prison

ABSTRACT

This is a personal experience with MERCY Malaysia’s Team 7 during its sixday sojourn in Gaza immediately after the 22-day war. It was a mission cut short. We were asked to evacuate as Israel intensified its shelling. This paper is divided into two main parts: First, my observations as a psychiatrist and humanitarian volunteer; and second, a plan for a psychosocial programme in Gaza