Scots medic's mission to save Palestinian three-year-old after bullet lodges in her neck

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A Scots nurse has told how he helped save the life of a three-year-old Palestinian girl who had a bullet lodged in her neck as he welcomed the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Medic David Anderson, from Montrose, spent six months last year in war-torn Gaza as part of the UK Government’s humanitarian response to the conflict.His heroic work led to the award of an OBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours List.As the world held its breath over the fragile deal to halt in the hostilities starting on Sunday, David said: “This ceasefire, however precarious, is a hugely significant step toward relief for those affected.“The people of Gaza have faced 15 months of continuous bombardment, leaving countless civilians displaced, millions in need of aid, and an already fragile healthcare system in shambles.”David reflected on the reality of daily life in Gaza - where horror and death have replaced the normal routines for families caught up in the 15 month humanitarian nightmare.David, the Disaster and Conflict Lead for frontline charity UK-Med, played a key role in helping establish two Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded emergency field hospitals – based in Al Mawasi and Deir El Balah.The hospitals have treated more than 350,000 patients as the pulverising Israeli reaction to Hamas attacks on civilians on October 7, 2023, escalated over many months, killing thousands of civilians.David, 55, who says he is now so inured to the sound of bombs landing he now regards them as “background noise”, said: “You see so many difficult or dramatic injuries - arms, legs, multiple amputations, quite a lot of cases where bullets have ripped through the abdomen.“We treated a three-year-old girl with a bullet in her