Hospitals across Iran are reeling from the relentless Israeli airstrikes that have rocked the country since Friday, with overwhelmed doctors describing emergency wards filled with chaos, grief, and unimaginable injuries. At Tehran\u2019s Imam Khomeini Hospital, a frontline facility for treating victims of the strikes, one doctor labeled the scene a \u201cbloodbath\u201d as scores of wounded civilians flooded through the doors following Sunday night\u2019s intensified bombardment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a bloodbath. We were overwhelmed by chaos and the screams of grieving family members. Dozens upon dozens of people with life-threatening injuries, minor wounds and even bodies were brought in,\u201d said the doctor, speaking to The Guardian<\/em> on condition of anonymity. The violence, entering its fourth consecutive day, has pushed Iran\u2019s hospital network to its breaking point, with exhausted staff navigating a never-ending influx of injured patients\u2014many of them children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical personnel describe horrific scenes inside emergency wards, recounting toddlers, teenagers, and elderly civilians pouring in, often with severe shrapnel wounds, internal bleeding, and burns. \u201cProfusely bleeding mothers were rushing in with their children injured by shrapnel,\u201d the doctor said, noting that many parents were unaware of their own injuries in the chaos. The wards are being converted to makeshift trauma zones, with ICU beds extended and minor cases diverted to smaller clinics. Still, the stream of casualties shows no signs of slowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The crisis began when Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes on Iran early Friday, claiming the attacks were meant to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities. Iran responded with drone and missile attacks, with both nations now locked in a dangerous spiral of retaliation. While the Iranian government reported that 1,277 people have been hospitalized and 224 confirmed dead, frontline doctors and journalists say the real toll is likely much higher. Authorities have reportedly instructed ICU staff to avoid posting casualty figures on social media, while denying press access to official data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Iranian Ministry of Health stated that over 90% of the casualties are civilians. Despite this, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the strikes are focused solely on regime targets. \u201cWhen we control the skies over Tehran, we are hitting these targets\u2014the targets of the regime\u2014unlike the criminal regime of Iran that targets our citizens and comes to kill children and women,\u201d he said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Iranian officials claimed that Israeli airstrikes have hit civilian infrastructure, including a hospital in Kermanshah and the state TV headquarters in Tehran. A dramatic video circulated widely on social media shows a news anchor fleeing live on air as explosions rocked the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Karaj, west of Tehran, a medic echoed similar distress, stating that they could no longer differentiate between civilian and potential regime-affiliated casualties amid the chaos. \u201cThere are many dead individuals, but I can\u2019t tell who is who or how many there are,\u201d the medic said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know which one of them was a regime officer\u2014I am only looking to save the lives of as many as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medical staff, many of whom have been working without food, rest, or relief, reported children as young as four with fractured limbs, entire families maimed by the blasts, and long hours with no end in sight. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had the time to eat or drink. I fear after this morning we are going to have more bodies coming in,\u201d said the medic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a sign of desperation, Iran has reportedly reached out to Gulf nations to request that former U.S. President Donald Trump mediate a ceasefire, though violence on the ground continues unabated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe past three days have brought back horrific memories,\u201d said the doctor in Imam Khomeini Hospital. \u201cIt reminds me of visuals from the Iran-Iraq war. The injuries are terrifying and it looks like we are working in a makeshift hospital on a battlefield.\u201d For Iran\u2019s exhausted and under-resourced healthcare workers, the trauma is mounting as fast as the death toll, with no end in sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hospitals across Iran are reeling from the relentless Israeli airstrikes that have rocked the country since Friday, with overwhelmed doctors describing emergency wards filled with chaos, grief, and unimaginable injuries. 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