FRISCO, Texas — A North Texas spine surgeon is performing life-saving work in the middle of one of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, with almost nothing to work with.

Dr. Mohammed Khaleel, a spine surgeon from Frisco, is in central Gaza for his third mission trip to the region. He’s joined by three other North Texas physicians: Dr. Umar Burney from Rockwall, an orthopedic surgeon; Dr. Ifan Ali, an anesthesiologist from Southlake; and Dr. Waqas Ali, an emergency medicine specialist from Forney.

The team’s trip is sanctioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) per Khaleel. But unlike the hospitals they work in at home, there is no reliable electricity there, per Khaleel, and food is hard to come by aside from what they packed for themselves and their patients. Khaleel told WF

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