>>> A THRILLED PALESTINIAN GIRL
WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN FOREVER
ALTERED BY AN ISRAELI
AIRSTRIKE.
HER MOTHER SAID SHE WOKE UP IN
A HOSPITAL BED AND SAID MOM,
EXTEND MY FEET. SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT SHE HAD
LOST BOTH OF HER LEGS.
HER MOTHER DID NOT KNOW HOW TO
TELL HER.
THIS IS THE DEVASTATING NEW
NORMAL FOR THE CHILDREN ONE YEAR INTO THE WAR.
ANNUAL REPORT SAYS MORE WOMEN
AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED
IN GAZA BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY
THAN IN ANY CONFLICT IN THE
WORLD OVER THE PAST TWO
DECADES.
REPORTING OVER 6000 WOMEN AND
11,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
KILLED, BUT THOSE ARE A
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE BECAUSE
THEY DON’T INCLUDE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHO
REMAIN MISSING.
THIS COMES AS NEARLY 100
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE VOLUNTEERS
WHO TRAVELED SEND A LETTER TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS URGING
AN IMMEDIATE AND EMBARGO TO
ISRAEL. THEY SAY WE WISH YOU
COULD HEAR THE CRIES AND SCREAMS
. OUR CONSCIENCE WON’T LET US
FORGET.
WE CANNOT FATHOM WHY YOU
CONTINUE ARMING THE COUNTRY
THAT IS DELIBERATELY KILLING
THESE CHILDREN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
YOU ALSO WROTE IN THAT LETTER
WE WISH YOU COULD SEE THE
NIGHTMARES THAT PLAGUE SO MANY
OF US SINCE WE HAVE RETURNED.
DOES IT FEEL MADDENING TO YOU
TO SEE THIS LEVEL OF
DEVASTATION AND NOT SEE
ANYTHING SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE
IN TERMS OF HOW THE U.S. TREATS
ISRAEL?
>> IT IS HORRIBLE.
THE UNITED STATES IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR 80% OF THE
BONDS THAT HAVE DROPPED ON THE
INNOCENT PALESTINIANS.
WE ARE CONFLATING ANTI-SEMITISM
WITH ANTI-ZIONISM.
EVERY TIME THE STUDENTS PROTEST
OR ANYBODY PROTESTS WE ARE TOLD
THIS IS ANTI-SOMATIC.
WHEN IN FACT WHAT WE ARE
WITNESSING IS A. ISRAEL THE
RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT LANDGRAB
OF INNOCENT PALESTINIAN LAND.
WE ARE ENABLING THAT BY BUYING
2000 POUND BOMBS THAT WERE
MEANT TO PENETRATE GRANITE IN AFGHANISTAN AND BUNKERS AND
THEY ARE DROPPING THEM ON TENT
CITIES KILLING UNTOLD NUMBERS
OF HUMAN BEINGS.
INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS.
THIS IS NOT ISRAEL LOOKING FOR
THE ISOLATED SOLDIER.
THIS IS DELIBERATELY KILLING
THE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS.
>> YOU AND YOUR FELLOW
COWORKERS ALSO WROTE THE DEATH
TOLL IS FAR GREATER THAN THE
NUMBERS WE HAVE FROM THE PALESTINIAN HEALTH MINISTRY
CURRENTLY AROUND 41,000 PEOPLE.
YOU ESTIMATE IT IS CLOSER TO OR
MORE THAN 118,000.
THAT IS ABOUT 5% OF GAZA’S
TOTAL POPULATION.
HAD EXPLAINED THAT HUGE GAP?>>
THAT WAS CALCULATED BY
RESEARCHERS THAT PUBLISHED IT
RECENTLY.
THEY JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
EARLY FIGURES AFTER THE HAITIAN
EARTHQUAKE OR THE EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS ALSO RECENT.
THE NUMBERS IT CLIMBED
EXPONENTIALLY.
THOSE ARE BODIES THAT WERE
RECOVERED FROM EXCAVATION OF
THE RUBBLE.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF TONS OF RUBBLE THAT HAVE
NEVER MAYBE DECADES BEFORE
EXCAVATED IN GAZA.
MOST AMERICANS DON’T APPRECIATE
THIS.
WE DROPPED THE EQUIVALENT OF
NOT JUST A BOMB THAT FELL ON
LIKE A SAKE, WHICH IS BIGGER
THAN THE GAZA STRIP.
WE DROPPED THE EQUIVALENT OF
THE ATOMIC BOMB THAT FELL ON BOTH HIROSHIMA AND NAGA SAKE
AND THE EQUIVALENCE.
THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION THAT
AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS HAVE PAID
FOR IT IS IMMEASURABLE.
>>
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
WILL NEVER BE COUNTED FOR IS
HUGE.
I MYSELF HAVE SEEN PEOPLE THAT
WERE BROUGHT TO THE ER THAT
WERE SHREDDED LIKE PAPER.
THERE IS NO WAY TO IDENTIFY THEM
.
>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THAT.
A POINT THAT YOU MADE IN THIS
LETTER.
THAT EVERYONE OF YOU WHO WORKED
IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM, INTENSIVE
CARE, OR SETTING TREATED
CHILDREN WITH SHOTS TO THE HEAD AND CHEST ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE HAVE HEARD ACCOUNTS LIKE THIS
OF COURSE FROM OTHER DOCTORS
WHO VOLUNTEERED IN GAZA, BUT I
WANTED TO ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT HER OWN EXPERIENCE BUT
TELL US ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT
YOU SAW THAT MADE YOU BELIEVE
THESE YOUNG CHILDREN WERE
TARGETED WITH SHOTS TO THE HEAD
AND THE CHEST.
>> EVERYBODY THAT WAS WITH OUR
TEAM HAS EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH
VELOCITY BULLET WOUNDS.
THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A PISTOL AND HIGH
VELOCITY BULLET WOUND UP YOUR
WE HAD CHILDREN THAT WERE HIT WITH SUCH HIGH VELOCITY BULLET
WOUNDS. EXACTLY WHERE I WOULD
PUT MY STETHOSCOPE.
WHEN WE ROLLED THEM OVER THE
ENTIRE CHEST CAVITY IS MISSING
FROM THEM.
EVERYTHING BETWEEN THE SHOULDER
BLADES, SPINAL CORDS, LUNGS,
AND HEART IS NEVER EVEN BROUGHT
INTO THE OPERATING ROOM.
AND THEN THEY WERE SHOT
PERFECTLY IN THE TEMPLE AND
THEIR BRAINS ARE MISSING.
NO CHILD GETS SHOT TWICE BY
MISTAKE BY A SNIPER. ONE CHILD WAS RIPPED OUT OF HIS
FATHER’S HAND AS HE WAS WALKING
. HE WENT LOOKING FOR THEM.
10 METERS AWAY HE FOUNDED THE
CHILD.
AS THEY LOOKED OVER FOR HIM HE
WAS SHOT THE SECOND TIME IN THE
HEAD.
HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW HE WAS