“The Israeli military has long been targeting children. All of my colleagues who have served in Gaza have seen children arrive in the hospital with bullets. I don't understand how shooting children deliberately is justified.”
Don’t let anyone talk you out of your humanity. I’m Dr. Mimi Syed, Certified Emergency Medicine Physician from the US. I recently returned from my second medical mission in Gaza. Shooting children in the head, in the chest, deliberately, is wrong. The Israeli military has long been targeting children. All of my colleagues who have served in Gaza have seen children arrive in the hospital with bullets. I don’t understand how shooting children deliberately is justified. I don’t understand when enough will be enough. If you are a healthcare worker, please say something. In January 2025, six children alone have been shot in the West Bank by snipers. One child was shot dead in Rafah after the ceasefire agreement. When will it be enough? I don’t understand. If you are a parent, how could you not say something? If you are an American taxpayer, how could you not say something? If you are a human being, how do you not say something? For God’s sake, please don’t keep burying your head in the sand. We have to all stand up for what is right. Don’t let anyone convince you that it is okay or it is justified to deliberately shoot children. It is never okay. It doesn’t matter what religion you belong to. It doesn’t matter what politics you belong to. None of that matters. Humanity is what matters. Shooting children deliberately, targeting them, is wrong.