Recently, the planet has undergone dramatic evidence from 2 American surgeons who accuse Israeli authorities of genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Mark Perlmutter were volunteering in Gaza Strip hospitals during the Israeli offensive to aid the injured, and on the basis of their experiences they presented frightening accounts of what they saw there.
Medical missions in the heart of conflict
In March that year, Dr. Sidhwa and Dr. Perlmutter, both experienced U.S. surgeons, undertook volunteer work in the Gaza Strip to aid victims of Israeli fire. Their stories show a image of the full destruction, suffering and tragedy that affected the local community.
Dr. Sidhwa described the situation in the Gaza Strip as "a society that was completely destroyed". He emphasized that the scale of malnutrition is frightening and includes both newborns and the elderly. "Everyone we met, from newborns to elderly, is undernourished," said Sidhwa, showing the degree of suffering suffered by the inhabitants of this besieged enclave.
Shocking combat relations
Dr. Mark Perlmutter, president of the planet Surgical Foundation and erstwhile president of the United States Section of the global College of Surgeons, in his July 21 CBS News interview, presented frightening details of his work in the Gaza Strip. "During 40 missions in 30 years, I have never seen a massacre like I witnessed in just the first week in the Gaza Strip," Perlmutter said.
He told of many cases of children who were victims of fire: “I have seen more burned children than I have always seen in my life. More ripped up bodies of children in just the first week. Missing body parts, crushed by buildings or bomb blasts.” These shocking descriptions show the degree of the demolition experienced by the youngest in the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Perlmutter besides noted that 90% of the patients arriving on the stretcher were children – infants, toddlers and teenagers. On “four stretchers we had between 12 and 15 children, and on each 1 there were up to 4 bodies.” He emphasized that a large part of them died during transport or immediately after reaching the hospital.
Systematic killing of children by snipers
Dr. Perlmutter repeatedly mentioned that children were deliberately killed by Israeli snipers. "80 percent of the people I took to the O.R. were children, mostly tiny children or infants," he added, adding that many of them suffered injuries from sniper fire. These accounts show the terrifying reality facing the people of Gaza, including the most susceptible victims of the conflict.
Appeal to US and UN leaders
Upon their return from Gaza, Dr. Sidhwa and Dr. Perlmutter published an open letter addressed to US leaders, in which they called for an immediate cessation of arms supply to Israel. They called for the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip to be completed and negotiations to end the occupation. "As long as this genocide continues until the Israeli siege of Gaza is completed and until the conditions for the end of the business are negotiated, arms supplies must be halted," they wrote.
Doctors besides gave a peculiar witness to the UN in which Israeli troops described the executions of children and medical personnel. However, shocking accounts of direct force against susceptible civilians have been ignored. The UN delegates received flyers containing doctors' evidence and a link to the movie on which they talk about the atrocities they witnessed.
Will the fact be revealed?
Activist Jose Vega pointed out attempts to limit access to information about what was truly happening in Gaza. "Why would the authorities want to prohibit access to this information to UN decision-makers?" Vega asked. In his opinion, the evidence presented by 2 surgeons is so shocking that individual made a decision to hide them.
These accounts of Dr. Sidhwy and Dr. Perlmutter pose hard questions to the planet about genocide, human rights violations and the function of the global community in stopping these tragic events. Will the planet respond to the cry for aid and end the suffering of the Palestinian people? In the face of specified testimonies, silence is not an option.
Summary
The accounts of 2 American surgeons who worked in the Gaza Strip represent 1 of the most shocking and direct evidence of the atrocities experienced by the inhabitants of this besieged enclave. Their stories of destroyed lives, massacred children and genocide are a cry for justice and an immediate reaction from the global community. Time will show whether the voice of these doctors will be heard and if further suffering of the Palestinian people can be stopped.
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