We stand with Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, in pleading with the international community: Do not remain silent as Gaza’s healthcare system is systematically destroyed.
The following is a statement from the Palestine Mental Health Networks and Doctors Against Genocide.
The Palestine Mental Health Networks and Doctors Against Genocide stand with Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, in pleading with the international community: Do not remain silent as Gaza’s healthcare system is systematically destroyed. The relentless assaults on Kamal Adwan Hospital—a sanctuary meant to save lives in northern Gaza—are part of a deliberate genocidal campaign. These attacks on hospitals and clinics, places meant for healing and shelter, are not accidents of war; they are the cold calculations of those who would see an entire people erased.
For 15 months, Gaza’s hospitals and clinics have been turned into crime scenes. Airstrikes shatter operating rooms mid-surgery. Children gasp for air as oxygen lines are cut off. Parents search through rubble for their loved ones while doctors stand helpless, their surgical gloves empty-handed and their hearts heavy. These are not “tragic byproducts”—they are intentional crimes against humanity. They shred the promise of international humanitarian law, reducing the Geneva Conventions to hollow words.
The world looks on, as Gaza’s healthcare system buckles under siege and bombardment. Medical supplies blocked at borders. Ambulances banned from reaching the injured. The simplest lifesaving tools withheld. This is not mere negligence; it is a brutal strategy of attrition, starving a people’s capacity to live, heal, and resist. The mental toll is immeasurable. Imagine the terror in a child’s eyes when the bombs fall again, the despair in a surgeon’s voice when forced to turn away a bleeding patient. Families bury their children in silence, their cries muffled by international indifference. (more...)
Humanity Must Not Look Away: a call to protect Gaza’s healthcare system
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