“A prelude to the end of humanity”

Dec 1, 2024
A Palestinian relative of two children, brothers aged one and eleven, mourns during their funeral at Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al Balah town, central Gaza Strip, 29 October 2024. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Al Zawaida neighborhood overnight. More than 43,000 Palestinians, including over 13,000 children, have been killed according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and over 1,400 Israelis have been killed according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. Image: AAP/EPA/MOHAMMED SABER ATTENTION EDITORS: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Palestinians are being intentionally massacred, starved, and stripped of everything needed to sustain human life. There are no words that can adequately convey the pain and depravity of this aggression. Those who cannot be moved by the pictures of dismembered and charred corpses will not be moved by some words. What sort of world have we descended into, asks Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan.

“On the eve of World Children’s Day last week, the United States vetoed for the fifth time a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. In the words of the Palestinian ambassador to the UN Majed Bamya “There is no justification for vetoing a resolution trying to stop atrocities.” There is NO justification.”

Paediatric intensive care doctor, Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, Medical Practitioner at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Charity shares her personal account of working with injured and dying children and their families in Gaza. “You cannot witness what’s going on in Gaza and not return enraged and determined to stop it”.

Watch Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan’s impactful eye-witness report to the UN:

 

Read the statement:

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