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US Doctors Testify at UN That Many Palestinian Doctors Are Either Dead, Jailed, or Displaced

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Unidentified physician treating Palestinian children wounded in IDF strikes at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (AP Photo: on Wednesday, 11 Oct 2023 / Ali Mahmoud)

Many Palestinian doctors who worked in the Gaza Strip are either dead, have fled the territory, or are in prison, US doctors testified at the United Nations.

Four US medical doctors who have worked in the Gaza Strip for periods throughout the past 15 months spoke about their concerns and the priorities for bringing critical care needed in Gaza during a press conference at the UN in New York last week.

Drs. Thaer Ahmad, Ayesha Khan, Feroze Sidhwa, and Mahmooda Syed met with the UN secretary-general and spoke last week with the press about the future of Gaza.

All four said they agreed they had never seen anything like what they saw during their time working in Gaza.

Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.

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Since the Hamas attack to seize hostages on 7 Oct 2023, at least 46,707 people in Gaza have been killed, which includes about 18,000 children. The IDF maintains 17,000 of the killed were militants.110,265 people have been injured in Gaza; that’s one in 20 people. By the end of 2024 there had been at least 4,500 amputations and an estimated 17,000 children were orphaned, but these numbers are difficult to confirm.

Sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/many-palestinian-doctors-dead-jailed-displaced-us-doctors-tell-un/story?id=118427944

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/the-human-toll-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers

https://www.commondreams.org/news/orphans-in-gaza

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US Doctors Testify at UN That Many Palestinian Doctors Are Either Dead, Jailed, or Displaced (Original Post) C0RI0LANUS Feb 13 OP

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Hi moniss. That's sort of good news. Do you know if it's B'Tselem that is helping him? C0RI0LANUS Feb 13 #2

I don't but here is more on the story moniss Feb 13 #3

Thanks, moniss. The Al Mezan website is down-- no surprise. C0RI0LANUS Feb 13 #4

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IDF and whose whereabouts were unknown has been located. An attorney has made contact with him and reports on his being beaten and denied medical attention.