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65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza“Nearly every day I was therebetfil, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die.”
To the Editor:
Re “What 65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics Saw in Gaza,” by Dr. Feroze Sidhwa (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 13):
The accounts from health care workers of the suffering and agonizing deaths they saw in Gaza were almost too much to bear. I had to skip much of the essay to read its conclusions.
What the Gazan civilians experienced will breed a generation in Gaza and elsewhere in the Arab world who will “never forget,” as Jews say about the Holocaust. Many will be willing, even eager, to give their lives if necessary to destroy Israel. War without end; Hamas without end.
Dr. Sidhwa spoke of cutting off arms shipments to Israel. That may be going too far at this time. But to frame the national debate, Kamala Harris should begin by stating that she believes in the rule of law and that the U.S. should follow our own laws against arming nations guilty of human rights violations. To get there, we must consider options for changing U.S. actions or influencing Israel’s.
Israel remains our strong ally and friend. But the admonition applies: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.”
Paul SternBowie, Md.
To the Editor:
This guest essay is deeply harmful. The suffering of all civilians is tragic. This essay, however, blames Israel while conveniently ignoring Hamas’s brutality and genocidal intent.
The author paints Israel as solely responsible for devastation in Gaza without acknowledging Hamas’s well-documented use of human shields, hospitals as military bases, and other war crimes endangering civilians in Gaza and Israel.
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