Nine doctors gave the Guardian accounts of working in Gaza hospitals this year, all but one of them foreign volunteers. Their common assessment was that most of the dead and wounded children they treated were hit by shrapnel or burned during Israel’s extensive bombardment of residential neighbourhoods, in some cases wiping out entire families. Others were killed or injured by collapsing buildings with still more missing under the rubble.
The IDF said it “completely rejects” allegations that its snipers deliberately fire on civilians. It said it cannot address individual shootings “without coordinates of the incidents”.
“The IDF only targets terrorists and military targets. In stark contrast to Hamas’s deliberate attacks on Israeli civilians, including men, women and children, the IDF follows international law and takes feasible precautions to mitigate civilian harm,” it said.
Doctors say otherwise.
Dr Vanita Gupta, an intensive care doctor at a New York City hospital, volunteered at Gaza’s European hospital in January. One morning, three badly wounded children arrived in quick succession. Their families told Gupta that the children had been together in the street when they came under fire and that there had been no other shooting in the area. She said no wounded adults were brought in to the hospital at the same time and from the same place.
“One child, I could see there was a shot to the head. They were doing CPR on this five- or six-year-old girl who obviously died,” said…
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How important is it for countries to take responsibility for the actions of their military forces, especially regarding harm to children?
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The war in Gaza is a genocide supported by the US.
@9L9JV3V1mo1MO
Other countries that are committing genocide should be stopped
@9L9HQQZ1mo1MO
I think that children getting harmed is a huge issue nowadays and there needs to be restrictions.
Governments and their militaries should be held accountable not only the United States.
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
Can the argument of 'following international law' ever excuse the harm done to children during military actions?
@9L9JZ7XRepublican1mo1MO
Yes. The terrorists who imbed with civilians are responsible
@9L9HSHP1mo1MO
it's not aways military fault to harm children. but it should be a certain law against harming innocent people.
@9L9GRWY1mo1MO
I think children should be excluded form wars. they don't have nothing to do with politics.
So they're quoting a doctor who was not a witness to the events?
Really strong evidence right there.
@SolemnFalconSocialist1mo1MO
yeah, i'm sure the kids shot themselves in the head.
Hope it helps you sleep at night.
@UnityKangarooDemocrat1mo1MO
How evil do you have to be to kill a 3 year old?
Chris Hedges spoke years ago about watching IOF lure children to be murdered for sport by shouting insults in Arabic at them, then gunning them down when they yelled back or threw rocks. This has always been how it is.
@SincereWeaverMountain1mo1MO
When the Hong Kong demonstrators threw stones at the police in Hong Kong that was considered heroism in the American press. When in Myanmar, demonstrators threw slingshot stones at the military they were called heroes in the Western press. When Palestinian children throw sticks, stones or rocks at the oppressive Israeli army, they're called terrorists.''
Dr. Gabor Mate, a Holocaust survivor
If Israel has been brazenly breaking international law for years & nothing has happened, I don’t hold much hope that anything ever will.
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