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"Medicide" in Gaza and International Law: Time for Banning the Bombing of Hospitals

Following Hamas's attack of military bases, Israeli kibbutzim, towns, and the Nova Music Festival, killing 1,139 people—including 375 Israeli security personnel and 764 civilians, of whom 36 were children—and taking 240 people as hostages, Israel launched a genocidal campaign. As of September 2024,, the Israeli military has bombed entire neighborhoods and its infantry and tanks have been occupying the Strip, killing over 40,000 Palestinians, of whom more than 15,000 are children (not including an untold number of people lost under the rubble).

The War Biosphere: A Lecture by Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah

The concept of the “war biosphere,” emerges from the recognition that the duration and brutality of wars, along with their associated crimes, create a lasting impact on the affected regions creating a ‘biosphere' that inhabitants are bound to for decades. The ongoing war in Gaza stands as one of the cruelest wars in history, surpassing even the violence witnessed during World War II. Within this war biosphere, tools and methods emerge to both reconfigure the health of the inhabitants and perpetuate harm against them.

The Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip

“The destruction of the health system has been the main thrust of the [Israeli] military strategy.” This was the testimony of Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta after spending six weeks working in various hospitals across the Gaza Strip during the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people[1].

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