A London doctor is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered while treating people who were injured in clashes involving Palestinians and Israeli forces.
Dr. Tarek Loubani, who made headlines in 2013 when he and filmmaker John Greyson were held in custody in Egypt for almost two months, was shot in the leg Monday as he treated the wounded during protests in eastern Gaza.
"I heard a loud bang and found myself on the ground," he wrote in an online post at Medium.com. "The bullet had entered my left proximal calf on the lateral side, exited on the medial side (moderate) and pierced my right knee superficial to the patella (minor)."
Photo of Dr. Tarek Loubani's gunshot wound submitted by Loubani to Medium.com
Loubani says he was treated by paramedics at the scene, then taken to hospital. He was stabilized and discharged after X-rays determined the bullet did not cause injury to any bones.
In his online post, he says he wasn't near the protesters when he was shot.
"We were standing well away from the main protest area. The snipers in the three sniper outposts all had clear views of us," he wrote. "There was no fire or smoke near us. We were standing still, and I was facing in a southerly direction talking to a colleague. The snipers were situated east of us. I was wearing visible full hospital greens. There was no active shooting from the Israelis immediately before or after. There were no protesters in our immediate vicinity."
According to the BBC, 58 Palestinians were killed on Monday during clashes with Israeli forces.