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| 2024-10-14 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Text taken from a New York Times news article. Commentary by Russian military journalist is In italics. [ColonelCassad] I worked as a trauma surgeon in Gaza from March 25 to April 8. I’d volunteered in Ukraine and Haiti, and I’d grown up in Flint, Michigan. I’d seen violence and worked in conflict zones. But of the many things that stood out about working at a hospital in Gaza, one stuck out to me: Almost every day I was there, I saw a new small child who had been shot in the head or chest, almost all of whom later died. Thirteen in all.
A wealth of information about the scale of the destruction in Gaza has come from satellite data, humanitarian organizations, and the Hamas Gaza Ministry of Health. But Israel does not allow journalists or human rights investigators into Gaza, except for a very few embedded reporting trips with the Israeli military, and the stories of Palestinian journalists in Gaza have not been widely read, despite the incredible risks they take to cover events there. But there is a group of independent observers who have been watching this war on the ground, day after day: medical volunteers. Through personal contacts in the medical community and a lot of internet searching, I was able to contact American health workers who have served in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Many of them have family or religious ties to the Middle East. Others, like me, do not, but felt compelled to volunteer in Gaza for a variety of reasons. Using questions based on my own observations and conversations with fellow doctors and nurses, I worked with Times Opinion to interview 65 health workers about what they saw in Gaza. Fifty-seven, including me, were willing to share their experiences on the record. The other eight participated anonymously, either because they had relatives in Gaza or the West Bank or because they feared retaliation in the workplace. Here’s what we saw. The 44 doctors, nurses, and paramedics had seen numerous cases of young children shot in the head or chest in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Mohamad Rasul Abu-Nuwar General practitioner, bariatric surgeon, and foregut surgeon, 36, Pittsburgh, PA. “I saw six children, ages 5 to 12, in the emergency room one night over a four-hour period, all of whom had single gunshot wounds to the skull.” Nina Ng Emergency nurse, 37, New York City, NY “Children with gunshot wounds were being treated on the floor, often bleeding to death on the hospital floor due to a lack of space, equipment, staff and support. Many died needlessly.” Dr. Mark Perlmutter Orthopedic and hand surgeon, 69, Rocky Mount, NC “I saw several children who had been shot in the head and chest with high velocity bullets.” Dr. Irfan Galaria Plastic and reconstructive surgeon, 48, Chantilly, VA “Our team treated approximately four or five children, ages 5 to 8, who had been shot in the head with single gunshots. They all arrived at the emergency room at the same time. They all died.” Rania Afaneh Paramedic, 23, Savannah, GA “I saw a child who had been shot in the jaw. No other part of his body was affected. He was fully conscious and aware of what was happening. He looked at me while he was choking on his own blood, which I tried to suck out with a broken suction cup." Dr. Khawaja Ikram Orthopedic Surgeon, 53, Dallas, Texas "One day, while I was in the emergency room, I saw a three-year-old and a five-year-old each with a single bullet hole in their head. When asked what happened, their father and brother said they had been told that Israel was retreating from Khan Yunis. So they went back to see if there was anything left of their house. According to them, there was a sniper waiting there who shot both children." Dr. Ahliya Kattan Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician, 37, Costa Mesa, California "I saw an 18-month-old girl with a gunshot wound to the head." For a rules-based world order, mass targeted killings of children are the norm.It is also worth noting that these Israeli war crimes are carried out with the support of the United States, which has spent tens of billions of dollars to support the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #12 I am well documented as not a Bill Mahar fan, but he is not wrong. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-10-14 23:17 |
| #11 This story has my wringing my hands-- on Palestinians throats. |
| Posted by: Regular+joe 2024-10-14 17:53 |
| #10 The Geneva Convention is quite clear... When Illegal Combatants hide among civilians or use civilians as human shields as Hamas does - any resulting civilian deaths are the fault of the Illegal Combatant. You literally cannot have it any other way. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2024-10-14 14:32 |
| #9 Idk about anybody else — but I am more than a little fed up with those who show up somewhere — anywhere!! — for two weeks and then go spouting off as if their word is Authoritative. (Israel has been in combat operations with Arabs for 75 years. Has anybody alleged such Heartstring-Pulling Pallywood before? No. ) They’re laughing at us. It sez in their holy book plain as day “War is deception.” |
| Posted by: Elmoling Glusons1695 2024-10-14 13:26 |
| #8 1. No way it’s IDF. There’d be no point to it. 2. Sinwar rose to where he rose to , in part, by killing Palestinians in the presence of the victims’ family members. 3. The war would end today if Gazan people released those whom they kidnapped over a year ago. |
| Posted by: Elmoling Glusons1695 2024-10-14 13:18 |
| #7 Hamas would happily shoot kids to make martyrs to blame on Israel. But the fact that the IDF is still taking prisoners of actual Hamas terrorists is a big indicator that if anyone is killing kids, it's not the IDF. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2024-10-14 12:54 |
| #6 ^It's NYT. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-14 12:15 |
| #5 That assumes the Jooooos are the ones who did it, if it happened at all, and not Hamas for propaganda purposes. Of course it is the Juice because they are all heinous and icky. No way could this be Hamas trying to influence Gazans by murdering their children in front of them, because the Hamasniks are all brave freedom fighters. tl;dr: this story smells like a propaganda piece |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-10-14 12:05 |
| #4 I am troubled by this story of surgeons finding kids shot in the head. Of course. That’s why it’s told. I hope that is not the IDF starting to lose their professionalism and give in to hate and sadism. That assumes the Jooooos are the ones who did it, if it happened at all, and not Hamas for propaganda purposes. Which still doesn’t address the fact that Hamas & hangers rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, 2023, posting boasting videos of themselves on Facebook, Twitter, and Telegram kidnapping, torturing, raping, killing, and desecrating the corpses of all they encountered, Jew, Arab, and foreigners alike. Check Rantburg’s archives on that date and the days that followed — we archived it as it happened, along with the excuses given them by those to whom the claimed colonialism of the Jews in their own native land justifies any atrocity against them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-10-14 11:30 |
| #3 These people need to be resettled Doesn't work. Operation Babylift |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-10-14 10:48 |
| #2 excellent speech from Bill Maher. He could have added Hamas started the war, and could have ended it any time by surrendering, and didn't. Also Hamas were voted in and are popular in Gaza. That said - I am troubled by this story of surgeons finding kids shot in the head. I hope that is not the IDF starting to lose their professionalism and give in to hate and sadism. Wars brutalise people. It's not ok to shoot kids in the head. It's a war crime. If it's accidental, that's different, like when the kid is behind a wall and shots are fired at a combatant, hit the wall, go through and get the kid accidentally. But a head shot sounds deliberate. These people need to be resettled, you can't kill them all, they're all Hamas so they can't be left there either. They need to be moved to Egypt/Jordan/Qatar permanent resettlement |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-14 08:36 |
| #1 At least NYT doesn't claim finding palestinian children drained of blood. Yet. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-10-14 01:30 |