"War on Children": Doctor in Gaza on Massacres, Starvation and Israel's Plan for Concentration Camps

[Uncle Joe]

The official death toll in Gaza has topped 58,000, with Israeli forces continuing to shoot at Palestinians seeking aid and talks over a ceasefire agreement stalled in Doha. This morning's injured were taken to Nasser Hospital, the largest functioning hospital in Gaza, facing fuel shortages and a widening Israeli offensive in the area. Democracy Now! spoke with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room physician who has been volunteering in Nasser Hospital in Gaza since June, live from Gaza.

"Every day seems to be a new exercise in the depths of human depravity in terms of targeting men, boys, women and children, especially in terms of the youngest children," says Loubani. "I think every doctor who operates and works in Palestine will tell you that that's the most jarring, the most terrible part of our job, is just the war on children on every level."

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[AloeVera]

1. What is there even to say anymore?

Words just sound hollow and useless now.

This would not be allowed to happen if these children were white and not the demonized and dehumanized brown children of the Middle East. Of COURSE this is racism!

[Uncle Joe]

2. Ultimately all human life is devalued regardless of race. n/t

[AloeVera]

3. That is a wise thought, Uncle Joe. So sad.

[Intractable]

4. "Israel's Plan for Concentration Camps"

Oh, the irony. I recall some vague words about "never again."