More than 20 U.S. doctors are trapped in Gaza, unable to leave and return home. One of those doctors is from the Bay Area. Dr. Haleh Sheikholeslami, a family physician from Sutter Health in San Carlos.
More than 20 U.S. doctors are trapped in Gaza, unable to leave and return home. One of those doctors is Dr. Haleh Sheikholeslami from the Bay Area.More than 20 U.S. doctors are trapped in Gaza, unable to leave and return home.
"Late Sunday night, early Monday morning, was the last text and that was that they were relocating and they were hoping in a few days the crossing would get reopened."Family makes contact with Bay Area doctor who left for Gaza to provide medical aid"Her daughters have been really struggling in the last few weeks going through all of this," said Ahmad.
CAIR says there is at least one more doctor from the Bay Area who is trapped along with three from Southern California. A Bay Area doctor is on her way to Gaza's Rafah border for a volunteer medical mission amid reports of hospitals being attacked and doctors killed.
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