Hyderabad, March 1 -- The sky over Gaza was a dull shade of grey, clouded with the dust and smoke of relentless airstrikes. The constant hum of drones overhead had become an eerie backdrop to the cries of the wounded. Buildings lay in ruins, entire neighborhoods turned into graveyards of rubble and memories. It was into this inferno that Dr. Yousufuddin Shaikh, a Hyderabad-born trauma surgeon, walked without hesitation, his only weapon being his scalpel and an unshakable resolve to save lives.

The Israel's war in Gaza had reached an unthinkable level of devastation. The air was thick with the acrid scent of burning debris, mixed with the unmistakable metallic tang of blood. As fighter jets roared overhead, the civilians on the ground scr...