“Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire
20,820
Published 2024-07-26
We speak to two doctors who are part of a group of 45 U.S. doctors, surgeons and nurses who have volunteered in Gaza since October 7 and wrote an open letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, demanding an immediate ceasefire and an international arms embargo of Israel. The group includes evidence of a much higher death toll than is usually cited: more than 92,000 people, which represents over 4% of Gaza’s population. The doctors write, “With only marginal exceptions, everyone in Gaza is sick, injured, or both. Israel’s continued, repeated displacement of the malnourished and sick population of Gaza, half of whom are children, to areas with no running water or even toilets available is absolutely shocking.” The conditions in Gaza are “unacceptable,” and “people know this is wrong but no one is speaking up,” says Dr. Thalia Pachiyannakis, an obstetrician and gynecologist who volunteered at the Nasser Medical Complex. “We all saw evidence of a death toll that is certainly much higher than what is reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health,” adds Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon who volunteered at the European Hospital.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
All Comments (21)
-
Watching Congress give a standing ovation after every single sentence that war criminal made was revolting.
-
Ban AIPAC. Keep TAX money for American FAMILIES in Need
-
WHAT CAN WE THE PEOPLE DO TO STOP THIS GENOCIDE ANGER
-
How can we have any respect for politicians who are responsible for such a man-made disaster?
-
They are completely dependent on American aid. This ongoing atrocity ends when Americans say "no' to Israel.
-
Netanyahu needs to be brought up on criminal charges for war crimes!
-
It's heartbreaking what is being done to the Palestinian people
-
SHAME ON OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR GIVING NETANYAHU A STANDING OVATION.
-
Polio VIRUS is detected in Gaza, this VIRUS affects mainly CHILDREN causing irreversible PARALYSIS. Is it going to be weaponized as they did for food and water?
-
Do not be upset if your comment was deleted from this platform,, 160 journalists were deleted from earth since the beginning of this last conflict in Gaza..
-
Oxfam accuses Israel of 'weaponising water' in Gaza. Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focusing on the alleviation of global poverty.
-
As long as every politician has an “AIPAC” guy that they have to answer to . . . ISRAEL can do whatever he wants
-
ISRAELI enjoy universal healthcare coverage AMERICANS do not. who needs most to keep their TAX money for internal needs?
-
Palestinians displaced for maybe five times? She is really behind on the news: people in Gaza have moved more than 7 times and been bombed and sniped at at all the locations they were told to move to. And never one single emotion of the Palestinians abducted, imprisoned, tortured and disappeared.
-
The Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein wrote well documented book “The Palestine Laboratory “. A good resource to learn more about the conflict related to Palestine land
-
This is so horrible, it just doesn’t feel right to 👍🏽 this video, YT needs a 💔 button. Please VPSoon2BePres Harris, stop sending aid to Israel and condemn the genocide!!! 🇵🇸🍉💔
-
If the leader of Israel is a war criminal… what does that make US congress? Does the US president and Vice President get the same title?
-
any person in living in a democracy complicit in genocide can be held to account for complicity in genocide under international law.
-
UNBELIVABLE SUFFERING ...and Netanyahu is treated as the guest of honor by Congress
-
If you need to learn more about the conflict related to Palestine land:, the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote well documented book : The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
