RegendansBut why hospitals? Because hospitals were not only places of treatment. They were places of refuge. As tens of thousands of Palestinians sought shelter within their walls, hospitals became the last spaces where survival was still possible.
To destroy them was to sever that final lifeline.
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Every Gazan doctor who refused to leave his or her post during the genocide is a hero. Every health worker who risked his or her life to save others represents a model of courage that should be emulated everywhere.
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Standing amid the ruins outside Kamal Adwan Hospital, surrounded by destruction, he walked alone in his white coat toward advancing Israeli armored vehicles — a lone doctor facing a war machine.
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Dr Abu Safiya must be released before he is tortured to death. I believe his health is very poor putting his life in danger. There should have been a global outcry since the day he was kidnapped. There must now be pressure to have him released. I fear our western governments are still not able to stand up to Israel, but they must. >>
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