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My brother @yipengGe speaks about the babies and children he treated in clinic in Rafah- victims of the public health catastrophe. Heartbreaking- and a very important call to action. Watch this video now https://t.co/rTpuFvV32a

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In February, a medical worker in Gaza reported primary care clinics lacked sufficient medications and supplies, including antibiotics. Multiple cases of suspected Ricketts disease were observed, along with children unable to walk due to severe malnutrition. One acutely malnourished child, aged 9-10, displayed neurological decline and had not eaten for four days. The only available treatment was IV fluid hydration. The speaker claims necessary conditions for life were intentionally withheld, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations. A 10-month-old child developed paralysis from polio, the first case in 25 years. The speaker asserts this is genocide by weaponizing previously eliminated diseases to cause permanent disability and death, and that they are an eyewitness to genocide in Gaza being committed by Israel. The speaker demands an immediate lifting of the blockade of humanitarian aid, a two-way arms embargo, and compliance with the International Court of Justice decisions. They accuse Justin Trudeau, Melanie Jolie, and the Canadian Medical Association of complicity in genocide through inaction and silence.

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Speaker 0: When I was in Gaza in February this year, I was working at 2 primary care clinics in Rafa, both of which barely had enough medications and supplies to appropriately treat patients. When we arrived, there were no antibiotics. This means no life and limb saving treatment for patients with bacterial infections. We saw multiple cases of suspected Ricketts disease. This is severe vitamin d deficiency due to malnutrition affecting bone growth. There are patients that could walk before and were no longer walking. There are patients that should have been walking due to their developmental milestones, but were not walking due to severe malnutrition. One of the acutely malnourished children I saw was the sickest child that I've ever seen in my entire medical career and training in the clinic. They were 9 to 10 years old, being carried in by his mother, unable to walk. I could wrap my entire index finger and thumb around their upper arm and lower leg. They had not been eating for 4 days due to nausea and vomiting and were also showing neurological signs of decline. If I had seen this patient in Canada, they would have been immediately admitted to a pediatric hospital for care and refeeding and possibly even to the pediatric intensive care unit for monitoring. However, it broke my heart after speaking to the local doctor that all we could provide would be IV fluid hydration. This is what we were essentially giving every child that appeared malnourished, dehydrated, or ill in the clinic. These necessary conditions for life, food, clean water, shelter, especially for young children, were withheld intentionally to make the conditions in Gaza entirely unimaginably unlivable and unsurvivable for everyone, but acutely impact those that are most vulnerable, newborns, young children, people who are pregnant, older adults, people with chronic diseases and disabilities, and mental health conditions. The first case of polio in 25 years in Gaza, and a 10 month old child now has developed paralysis in the lower extremities. This is irreversible paralysis. This is genocide by weaponizing previously eliminated highly infectious diseases to cause permanent disability and death. I am an eyewitness to genocide in Gaza. Israel is committing genocide. While our leaders remain impotent to act in any meaningful way, we demand an immediate lifting of the blockade of humanitarian aid and immediate two way arms embargo, compliance with the decisions of the International Court of Justice. This must be immediate. The children of Gaza depend on it. Justin Trudeau, Melanie Jolie, your inaction is complicity in genocide. Canadian Medical Association, your silence is manufactured consent for genocide.

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Posted - January 20, 2024 at 7:40 PM

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I witnessed and reported Israel war crimes during the Great March of Return in Gaza. Demonstrators demanded the right to return to their lands. As a medic, I responded to gunshot wounds and provided emergency care. The UN Commission of Inquiry confirmed war crimes, including targeting journalists, health workers, and children. The International Criminal Court investigation has stalled, but we hope for justice and an end to Israeli occupation. #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes #Genocide

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1/🧵on when I witnessed+reported #IsraelWarCrimes to @IntlCrimCourt September 6 (2019), I worked as field medic in the Great March of Return in #Gaza. This demonstration included 100s of Palestinians from all walks of life-young/old, children/adults, men/women, Muslim/Christian.

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2/They walked along separation wall between #Gaza+ #Israel, demanding Palestinians be allowed return to lands from which they were forcibly displaced-this right enshrined in 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13)+ 4th Geneva Convention https://www.un.org/en/udhrbook/pdf/udhr_booklet_en_web.pdf

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3/As a medic, I was experienced. I started a first aid team during my undergraduate (https://www.facebook.com/uwcrt/) +completed advanced trauma and life support courses as a licensed physician. But I wasn't trained to respond to #IsraelWarCrimes

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4/I arrived before the demonstration to meet my team members,get into uniform, and review the kits (backpack of supplies). We worked in teams of 4. My team included 2 highly experienced paramedics from Gaza, and 2 physicians. #Gaza #WarCrimesByIsrael @IntlCrimCourt @CIJ_ICJ

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5/When demonstration started,first wave of gunshots were from snipers. We could see snipers on top of a hill on the Israel side- similar to hill in the center of this google image photo. Our team of medics were behind all the demonstrators. @IntlCrimCourt @CIJ_ICJ @PHRIsrael

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6/About 75 m away, a teenager had been shot by sniper. My team ran to him. One of his friends was already yelling at him "Ahmad"- the boy had been shot on the right upper chest-Exit wound visible on his back. He was in shock, and having difficulty breathing.

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7/ Two of us starting carrying him to trauma stabilization point ("TSP"). We had to stop to do emergency needle decompression of tension pneumothorax, then brought got him to the TSP (where higher level of care and more equipment available). https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=95IhCXDL9EY

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8/ By the time we returned to the demonstration area, the sniper fire had intensified, and there were intermittent bursts of machine gun fire. There were no guns on the Gaza side, only flags and signs.

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9/ A boy, about 15 years old, started running towards me. He stopped, bent over, then stood up. Before he started running again, he was shot in head, ~30 m away.He fell to ground-I assumed he was dead+instructed team to collect a woman who was shot in leg. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35951230/

Battlefield Triage and Resource Allocation during a Pandemic: Learning from the Past and Adapting for the Future - PubMed The principle of medical triage, where patients are sorted into categories to guide the order in which they receive treatment, dates back to Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, the surgeon general of Napolean's armies. The concept evolved with military conflicts throughout the 19th century, was subsequentl … pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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10/The woman was a health care provider who was caring for protester who'd been shot.Our team applied tourniquet, then carried her to TSP. She had blood all over her white coat, which clearly identified her as health worker. She had been one of my first #Gaza med students in 2013

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11/Since only 2 of my team were needed to carry her to TSP, the other 2 team members went to the boy who'd been shot in the head. He was still alive but unconscious, with a major head injury when he was brought to the TSP. @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt

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12/ I've been doing international work for over decade, taken courses on #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and #HumanRights, so I knew I'd witnessed war crimes. I submitted testimony to Ms. Fatou Bensouda (judge in charge of ICC investigation),reply Feb 2020. @CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt

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13/By Feb 2020, the @UN Independent Commission of Inquiry (from Feb 2019) had already indicated "reasonable grounds to believe that during the Great March of Return, Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law." https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/02/no-justification-israel-shoot-protesters-live-ammunition

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14/ and also that Israeli snipers shot at journalists, health workers, children and persons with disabilities, knowing they were clearly recognizable as such. That the Independent Commission found that war crimes occurred didn't surprise me- I saw them with my own eyes.

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15/Report found that both 1000s of demonstrators were shot with live ammunition, 100s killed, 100s more with life-altering injuries. An @IntlCrimCourt investigation was to follow but ground to a halt- this despite scathing reports from @hrw @amnesty https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/13/israel-apparent-war-crimes-gaza

Israel: Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Israeli forces’ repeated use of lethal force in the Gaza Strip since March 30, 2018, against Palestinian demonstrators who posed no imminent threat to life may amount to war crimes. hrw.org

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16/For those who hope for #FreePalestine with #peace,this must be free of #IsraeliOccupation. As @IntlCrimCourt remains politically paralyzed,we hope @CIJ_ICJ can help Palestinians finally achieve #justice with #dignity. #IsraeliWarCrimes + #Genocide must be prosecuted. End of 🧵