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Yesterday, I was privileged to join MPs in a meeting with the heroic Professor Ghassan Abu Sitta.
He provided a harrowing account of his experience working as a surgeon in Gaza over recent weeks.
WARNING: the following thread contains very distressing details. 1/8
He provided a harrowing account of his experience working as a surgeon in Gaza over recent weeks.
WARNING: the following thread contains very distressing details. 1/8
On one night alone, the doctor performed six amputations on children.
Due to Israel's blockade on medical supplies, he had to use vinegar and washing up liquid to sterilise wounds.
With no morphine available, he had to use paracetamol for painkillers after surgery. 2/8
Due to Israel's blockade on medical supplies, he had to use vinegar and washing up liquid to sterilise wounds.
With no morphine available, he had to use paracetamol for painkillers after surgery. 2/8
He told us of a young girl whose legs had been cut to pieces by shrapnel from an Israeli warhead.
He described the horrifying screams she let out as he had to scrub her wounds using this mix and without painkillers, so as to prevent infection and save her dying from sepsis. 3/8
He described the horrifying screams she let out as he had to scrub her wounds using this mix and without painkillers, so as to prevent infection and save her dying from sepsis. 3/8
In the aftermath of the al-Ahli hospital bombing, he walked through the courtyard of the hospital where hundreds who had been sheltering were blown up.
To stop those survivors who lost body parts from bleeding to death, he had to tie up their limbs with belts and cloth. 4/8
To stop those survivors who lost body parts from bleeding to death, he had to tie up their limbs with belts and cloth. 4/8
The doctor saw evidence of white phosphorus particles having penetrated the skin of bomb victims, causing unimaginable pain.
According to the @WHO, the use of white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon in a civilian setting is a violation of international humanitarian law. 5/8
According to the @WHO, the use of white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon in a civilian setting is a violation of international humanitarian law. 5/8
Professor Abu Sitta also spoke of Israeli snipers killing Palestinian doctors as they cared for the injured and dying within Gazan hospitals.
Such actions on the part of the Israeli army are flagrant war crimes. 6/8
Such actions on the part of the Israeli army are flagrant war crimes. 6/8
I have no doubt that any reluctance anyone may have in calling for an immediate unconditional ceasefire, would be abandoned upon hearing the testimony of this incredibly brave humanitarian doctor.
But we don't just need a ceasefire, we must see war criminals held to account. 7/8
But we don't just need a ceasefire, we must see war criminals held to account. 7/8
Israeli forces have now killed almost 20,000 Palestinians in the past 2 months & many of their political leaders have made statements of genocidal intent.
When I asked the UK government if it will sanction those responsible, the Minister disdainfully dismissed my questions. 8/8
When I asked the UK government if it will sanction those responsible, the Minister disdainfully dismissed my questions. 8/8
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