<article data-history-node-id="424365" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-medics-fear-another-gaza-israeli-strikes-overwhelm-hospitals" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irans-medics-fear-another-gaza-israeli-strikes-overwhelm-hospitals" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran's medics fear 'another Gaza' as Israeli strikes overwhelm hospitals</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Even as thousands of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iranians&nbsp;</a>attempt to flee the capital Tehran in the wake of Israel's bombardment, many of those working in essential services have been forced to remain.</p> <p>Healthcare workers, working in a sector already battered by years of US sanctions, face a particular struggle to cope with the hundreds being killed and wounded on a daily basis.</p> <p>Golnaz, a 34-year-old woman living in Tehran with her husband Keyvan, dreads the sound of explosions getting closer and closer.</p> <p>"There’s barely an hour without an explosion nearby. Every time, I look at my husband and ask, 'do you think we’ll survive this?'" she told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>Golnaz and Keyvan have no choice but to stay - Keyvan, 39, is a nurse and has to show up for work every day.</p> <p>“There’s every kind of injury,” he said. “Children, teenagers, adults, elderly… and the number just keeps rising every day.”&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-medics-fear-gaza-israel-strikes-overwhelm-hospitals">Iran's medics fear 'another Gaza' as Israeli strikes overwhelm hospitals</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Rescue teams search rubble in Tehran after Israeli strikes, 17 June 2025 (Iranian Red Crescent/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3a63d491-88c9-4c64-9f5b-a21804a3ff96" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/IRAN_TEHRAN_CRESCENT_AFP.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Rescue teams search rubble in Tehran after Israeli strikes, 17 June 2025 (Iranian Red Crescent/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Rescue teams search rubble in Tehran after Israeli strikes, 17 June 2025 (Iranian Red Crescent/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>