Amira Al-Assouli is an obstetrics and gynecology consultant. She resigned from her profession two years ago for personal reasons.
During the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip she was on a medical scientific trip to Egypt. She says that she returned to theGaza Strip during the truce and remained there. She was besieged in her house and her family's house was bombed. Amira also told how she braved occupation sniper fire to save the life of a wounded man.