California trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa is witnessing real trauma in Gaza. Right now, he is trying to save children who have been shredded by bombs. He was interviewed Monday by Sky News (see video below). He wrote this letter last year after his return from his first mission in Gaza. Also, read Dave DeCamp’s article with his latest report from Dr. Sidhwa.
My name is Feroze Sidhwa. I’m a trauma surgeon in California. I worked in the Gaza Strip in March and April of 2024. What I saw there is indescribable, a massive military assault directed at a civilian population, half of whom are children. Widespread malnutrition caused by a deliberate policy of starvation. Small children shot in the head or chest. An entire society almost destroyed, all with the help of our tax dollars and the US government’s bombs and diplomatic support. There is something truly perverse about trying to save a child who has been shredded to pieces by a bomb I paid for. Oh, and last week Israel banned my organization, the Palestinian American Medical Association, from providing aid to Gaza.
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