we are joined now by dr omar abdel—mannan. gaza and the west bank since 2011 as part of medical delegations carrying out training and surgery. he has been in close contact with doctors in gaza since the fighting broke out three weeks ago. i know up until last night you have beenin i know up until last night you have been in daily almost hourly contact with doctors, because that's now completely stopped?— with doctors, because that's now completely stopped? thank you for brinuain completely stopped? thank you for bringing me — completely stopped? thank you for bringing me back— completely stopped? thank you for bringing me back on. _ completely stopped? thank you for bringing me back on. yes, - bringing me back on. yes, absolutely. around 6:15pm uk time yesterday, which would have been around 8:15pm in gaza, we lost all communication with doctors, surgeons, paramedics on the ground. we had a message from the palestinian red crescent saying that they were unable to speak to their own aid workers and humanitarian workers on the g

a research paper published in november 2022 by omar al-muchtar university hydrologist abdel vaniz arsure warned that the dams holding back the seasonal waterway known as awadi needed urgent attention. a survivor speaks how family was wiped out by the horrific durna floods. the waves reached the fourth floor and we could see it close to us. they sweat people away from the top of buildings and we could see people carried by the flood water. my neighbors the touch. family were swept away from the roof all together, is a massive disaster, we never expected anything like it. according to nature magazine, apart from climate change and internal strife, sanctions imposed on libya by western powers are also to blame for the horrific floods. we know that infrastructure needs to be maintained continuously, and so it is, it is a concern that the impact that sanctions have had on the infrastructure investment in libya, and so there should be no doubt that certainly the impact of sanctions, but also the the action by nato in libya would have had an impact on the strength and the capacity of the infras