{"id":248740,"date":"2025-07-08T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248740\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:06:10","slug":"gazas-healthcare-system-is-being-destroyed-by-targeted-attacks-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/248740\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza\u2019s healthcare system is being destroyed by targeted attacks | Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a senior cardiologist and the director of the Indonesian hospital in the northern\u00a0Gaza Strip, his wife and several family members were killed on 2\u00a0July in a direct Israeli airstrike on their apartment building (Report, 4 July<\/a>). Dr Sultan is the 70th healthcare worker killed in the past two months, and among more than 1,400 medical personnel killed thus\u00a0far during the war.<\/p>\n

The Indonesian hospital has been under a prolonged siege by the Israel Defense Forces for many weeks, has been attacked<\/a> from the air multiple times and was shut down<\/a> in May. Following its closure, the UN announced there were no more functioning hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

As medical personnel working in Israel<\/a>, we are outraged at the systemic and intentional destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza by Israel. During the past two years we have written petitions, letters and newspaper articles to voice our protest and condemn Israel\u2019s unlawful acts during the war, especially those directed against medical facilities and personnel. Lately, with Israel\u2019s increased aggressions in Gaza, we have witnessed widespread recognition of these actions by our colleagues in Israel. It should be noted that leaders of the medical community in Israel have failed to condemn Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza, despite attempts to convince them\u00a0otherwise.<\/p>\n

Following the shocking death of Dr Sultan and his family, 600 Israeli medical personnel have signed a letter<\/a> of outcry and concern, in solidarity with our tortured and overburdened colleagues in Gaza. We would like them and the rest of the world to know that we are not our government, nor do we condone any of its actions. Hopefully, we can continue to strive for peace and to save all human lives together.
Dr Michal Feldon<\/strong> Paediatrician, Tel\u00a0Aviv, Israel
Dr Tslil Regev Paska<\/strong> Paediatrician, Haifa, Israel<\/p>\n

Karishma Patel\u2019s article (Caution has turned to cowardice \u2013 the BBC is failing viewers with its Gaza coverage, 2\u00a0July<\/a>) lays bare a truth that many have sensed for some time \u2013 the BBC is no longer acting as a public broadcaster when it comes to Gaza. Shelving Gaza: Doctors Under Attack<\/a> on grounds of perceived partiality is not editorial caution, it is complicity. Who made this decision? They should be named. We do not restore integrity by holding vague entities responsible.<\/p>\n

More than 100 BBC journalists<\/a> have now said what many suspected, that editorial policy around Gaza is shaped by fear of lobbying groups, complaints and political retaliation. That fear has led to omission, imbalance and a distortion of reality. This isn\u2019t just about one film. It\u2019s about the public being denied the truth. The BBC must answer for that by explaining who made these decisions.
Oisin Large<\/strong>
Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

Karishma Patel is right to criticise the BBC over its failure to report the continuing genocide in Gaza. But the national broadcaster is also failing at a local level. For at least 18 months there have been demonstrations in Leeds, supporting the people of Palestine. Rarely has this been reported on local BBC television news. Successive polls show<\/a> that people in Britain support a suspension of arms sales to Israel. But public opinion is not being reflected by\u00a0the\u00a0BBC\u2019s coverage.
Christopher Foren<\/strong>
Leeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a senior cardiologist and the director of the Indonesian hospital in the northern\u00a0Gaza Strip, his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-248740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114819182565222780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}