War Crimes
American health care workers—
doctors, nurses, and paramedics,
working in Gaza
since October 7, 2023—
what have they witnessed?
Six children ages 5 to 12
with single gunshot wounds
to the skull
(Dr. Mohamad Rassoul Abu-Nuwar).
Children with gunshot wounds
bleeding out
on the hospital floor
(Nina Ng, nurse).
Several children shot
in both the head and the chest
with high velocity bullets
(Dr. Mark Perlmutter).
Four or five children,
ages 5 to 8,
with single shots
to the head
(Dr. Irfan Galaria).
A child
shot in the jaw,
choking
on his own blood
(Rania Afaneh, paramedic).
A 3-year-old
and a 5-year-old,
each with a sniper’s
bullet hole
in the head
(Dr. Khawaja Ikram).
An 18-month-old
little girl
with a gunshot wound
to the head
(Dr. Ahlia Kattan).
Children arriving
day after day
with bullet holes
in the head
(Dr. Ndal Farah).
When questioned
about these
and many similar
civilian “casualties,”
the I.D.F. claims
it is “committed
to mitigating civilian harm,”
in full compliance
with the international
Law of Armed Conflict.
The “Mosquito Protocol”
In the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City,
a senior officer of Israel’s Nahal Brigade
wraps an explosive cord,
a necklace of death,
around the neck of an 80-year-old
Palestinian man
who walks with a cane.
He must do as he is told,
or his head will explode.
As the man’s wife watches,
he walks,
with his cane,
for eight terrifying hours
through abandoned houses,
shielding the brigade’s soldiers
from bombs or hostile fire.
The elderly man’s mission finally accomplished,
he and his wife are ordered to “evacuate”
on foot
to a “humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza.
After walking a hundred meters or so
however
they are shot down by a separate Israeli battalion.
“They died like that,
in the street,”
says a soldier.