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Doctors in Gaza Respond to Israeli Doctors Who Endorsed Bombing of Hospitals

"Israeli doctors who signed a letter promoting [the] bombing of hospitals with patients inside have committed a betrayal to their noble profession and bear responsibility," said a group of doctors in Gaza.

JULIA CONLEY
Nov 06, 2023

Physicians who have been working for four weeks to save as many lives as possible from Israel's "complete siege" of Gaza, even as the healthcare system collapses around them, responded on Monday to a statement by a group of Israeli doctors who over the weekend called for the bombing of a hospital in the besieged territory.

"We as doctors are ambassadors of peace. We save lives," said the doctors, led by Dr. Marwan Shafiq Al-Ham, director of Muhammad Yusuf Al-Najjar Hospital, in a statement. "Israeli doctors who signed a letter promoting [the] bombing of hospitals with patients inside have committed a betrayal to their noble profession and bear responsibility."

The medical providers called on the World Health Organization and human rights groups that work in the healthcare field to help hold the signers of the letter accountable.

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Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which has led protests against Israel's bombardment of Gaza and has long called for an end to the country's apartheid policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, said the doctors who signed the letter are "derelict in their duty" to protect human lives.

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