Dr. Feroze Sidhwa: If you can think of something bad that is happening in the world, it’s happening in Gaza or to people from Gaza. The things that I saw there that really stood out or really impacted me and made me realize what’s actually going on were a few. Number one was the malnutrition and starvation, which is deliberate. That’s perfectly obvious. Even American senators are giving speeches saying that it’s deliberate. The second thing was the targeting of children with gunfire. That I was not expecting to see, actually. I knew how many children had been killed. I knew about the massive killing in general. But I just assumed it was all from bombings. But that doesn’t explain children getting shot in the head. Oh, boy. That doesn’t explain children getting shot in the head. And definitely not every day. I mean, literally every day I was there, I saw a child shot in the head. I kept a journal when I was there. And I just went through it because some reporters asked me to. And quite literally, every day I was there, I saw a child shot in the head. That’s not an accident. That’s deliberate targeting of children for death. That’s murder.
Dr. Mimi Syed: The injury patterns I’ve seen most consistently are things like crush injuries as a result of Israeli airstrikes on homes. Between 60% to 70% of those injured and those who make it to the hospital are actually children. I can tell you that I have seen injuries that indicate deliberate targeting of children and deliberate targeting of civilians. So, I’ve seen things like gunshot wounds to the abdomen of children, to the chest. I have documented evidence of gunshot wounds to the extremities of babies, quadcopter attacks on children, gunshot wounds to the chest of children. I saw things like Israeli landmines exploding on children who were playing in a cemetery. So, the injury patterns and the things that you see as a doctor are quite horrifying, more so than the first time around. I think this second mission, the injuries have been a lot worse and a lot more catastrophic and devastating