Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks & Lack of Supplies
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Published 2024-05-23
When a group of volunteer doctors with the Palestinian American Medical Association traveled to Gaza last month, they were prepared to treat some of the most horrific injuries caused by Israel's relentless assault on civilians in Gaza. But they were not prepared to be stranded under the bombardment for over a week after the Israeli military seized and closed the border crossing into the southern end of the besieged region, preventing people and supplies from getting in or out. Dr. Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and Army veteran from New Jersey, has now evacuated Gaza after he was trapped at European Hospital in Khan Younis with dwindling supplies. Hamawy, who previously treated Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth for a life-threatening injury while both were in the Army, was offered evacuation along with another group of American doctors days earlier, but refused to leave without first securing the release of his entire volunteer medical team. He now emphasizes that he and his colleagues must be immediately replaced with additional humanitarian relief workers. "It was never a condition for our exit to have other people come in — it was an expectation," he says. "A hospital cannot run on just a few doctors alone. It also needs nurses, it needs staff."
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All Comments (21)
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excellent interview shame on Israel for targeting doctors & hospitals
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I F*UCKING hate what is happening... STOP this NOW
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STOP THIS GENOCIDE. Never again is never again for EVERYBODY 🇵🇸♥️🇵🇸♥️🇵🇸♥️
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What is broken within people to not decry this level of violence??!
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what hurts me the most is the case of the mother who was injured, she gave birth to her baby alone then they died together.
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My heart breaks knowing what this doctor and other real heroes have witnessed in this and other savage wars. Thank you so much for your efforts Doctor. Not many rich people die in wars.
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"Since its establishment, Israel has engaged in brutal oppression of the rights of Palestinians. Thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned, beaten and tortured; children are taken from their beds and beaten by soldiers who are armed to the teeth." - MKO Peled
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the evils have to stop it right now! when go this devils to jail?? 😢😢😢
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These atrocities are absolutely sickening and must be STOPPED immediately! 🙏
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what affected me the most in this war is the babies born (removed) from dead mothers..
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This is insanity.
Absolute insanity.
We must not give up in the face of such atrocities.
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Brave man 🙏
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poor Dr looks so shell shocked
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Ban AIPAC. Keep money for American FAMILIES in Need
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Thank you, Democracy Now.
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Stop the genocide!
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It’s pretty sad when you get tired of hearing the atrocities happening in Gaza because they just keep reporting it and nothing is done hopefully someday they’ll come to Justice.
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Israel will never let the world forget about one day of retaliation by the real victims, while never letting you remember the 75 years of their brutality against Palestinians
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The truth will come from the doctors. I hope they'll keep talking, write books etc when this is over.
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Now you have to fight Doc, OUT LOUD FOR ALL TO SEE
