#GazaGenocide / Special report: Ethnic cleansing through healthcare denial
This investigative report documents systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel against Palestinian healthcare workers and patients during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The report documents how #Israel weaponized healthcare as part of its broader genocidal campaign, using medical institutions as instruments of ethnic cleansing while Israeli medical professionals actively participated in or remained silent about these crimes against humanity.
Mass Detention and Torture of Medical Personnel
At least 380 healthcare workers from #Gaza have been arrested by Israeli forces since October 2023, with 24 forcibly disappeared. The report documents extensive torture in Israeli detention facilities:
- Dr. H., an orthopedic surgeon, was beaten, sexually assaulted, and tortured for 69 days at Sde Teiman detention camp
- Medical staff were subjected to “disco rooms” with non-stop deafening music, dog attacks, and systematic beatings
- Prisoners were kept shackled and blindfolded constantly, fed through straws, and forced to use diapers
Deaths in Custody
At least 90 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October 2023, including prominent doctors:
- Dr. Adnan al-Borsh
- Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi
- Dr. Ziad al-Dalo
- Paramedic Hamdan Abu-Anaba
For comparison, only 9 prisoners died at #Guantanamo Bay over 20+ years.
Medical Complicity in War Crimes
Israeli healthcare institutions systematically violated medical ethics:
- Hospitals refused treatment to Palestinian patients on government orders
- Medical staff participated in torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees
- Israeli doctors called for bombing Gaza hospitals and exterminating all Palestinians
[…] “In early November 2023, close to a report by the World Health Organization that the Israeli army had killed at least 9,770 Palestinians by that point - including about 4,000 children - and wounded another 25,000, dozens of Israeli doctors published an open letter calling for bombing hospitals in Gaza.”
[…] The doctors wrote: “Gaza residents who chose to turn hospitals into terror nests in an attempt to exploit Western morality, they are the ones who brought destruction upon themselves.”They added that “abandoning Israeli civilians and protecting mass murderers just because they are hiding in hospitals - is inconceivable.
- The Israeli Medical Association justified attacks on Palestinian hospitals
[…] Dr. Chana Katan (see #Wikipedia entry, hopefully some could take the time to update en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chana_…), an Israeli-American gynecologist and one of the signatories to the letter, said: “I will do everything in my power to support and protect IDF soldiers, and ensure they return home safely. The IDF has the duty to attack terrorists hiding inside hospitals in Gaza.” UN representatives and human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have repeatedly emphasized that Israel has not provided sufficient evidence for claims about the use of hospitals by armed groups. Analysis of visual findings revealed that the claims of the IDF spokesperson are not credible.
[…] Dr. Amos Szabo, a senior surgeon at Maccabi Health Services, wrote on social media X that he sees his reserve military service as a means to promote public health, “since this involves eliminating cockroaches and other disgusting insects.” A few months earlier he also wrote: “Gaza must be erased. There are no innocents there.”
Destruction of Gaza’s Healthcare System
Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure:
- Over 1,400 healthcare workers killed
- Hospitals bombed and besieged
- Medical facilities deliberately targeted despite no evidence of military use
- 15 paramedics executed by Israeli forces in coordinated ambush
Dr. H.’s testimony from detention (one testimony out of many quoted):
During the March 2024 raid on Nasser Hospital, Dr. H., an orthopedic surgeon, was beaten by soldiers who “kicked him in the stomach, groin and testicles, ordered him to undress, handcuffed him, blindfolded him and led him to the hospital courtyard.” He was then taken to the notorious Sde Teiman military camp.
Dr. H. testified that during his 69 days at Sde Teiman, guards put him in a “disco room” - a room without mattresses where deafening music played non-stop. He was then taken to an interrogation room where, according to his testimony, “they tortured me for six days, with my hands and feet tied behind my back to a chair. They beat me in the stomach and slapped me while my eyes were covered.”
After 43 days, Dr. H. was transferred to a detention facility in Petah Tikva for continued interrogation. There he was examined by a doctor who confirmed he had developed hernias in the groin and abdomen area. “Despite him saying I needed surgery and shouldn’t be interrogated,” Dr. H. recounted, “I was returned to Sde Teiman without any medical treatment. When I returned to the detention facility, the soldiers beat me, slammed my head on the floor, pushed me into the sand, and kicked and punched me.”
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