{"id":194610,"date":"2023-11-07T07:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T11:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=194610"},"modified":"2023-11-07T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T11:26:22","slug":"100-israeli-doctors-call-for-bombing-of-hospitals-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=194610","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>100 Israeli doctors call for bombing of hospitals in Gaza<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194612\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7a030a25-b465-457f-9a88-d069258a67e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7a030a25-b465-457f-9a88-d069258a67e7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7a030a25-b465-457f-9a88-d069258a67e7-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7a030a25-b465-457f-9a88-d069258a67e7-768x418.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>People gather around an ambulance damaged in a reported Israeli strike in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3, 2023. (Photo by AFP)<\/h5>\n<p>PressTV<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a new development in the ongoing Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, about 100 Israeli doctors have signed an open letter demanding that the Israeli military bomb hospitals in the Gaza Strip.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claiming that it is the Israeli occupation army&#8217;s \u201cright and duty\u201d to attack hospitals, the petition accused the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas of using the medical facilities as \u201cterrorist nests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli doctors see that Palestinian hospitals have become a legitimate target for the Israeli occupation forces, upholding the narrative that Palestinian Resistance groups are using hospitals for protection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The residents of Gaza saw fit to turn hospitals into terrorist nests to take advantage of Western morality, they are the ones who brought destruction upon themselves; terrorism must be eliminated everywhere. Attacking terrorist headquarters is the right and the duty of the Israeli army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonaOmary\/status\/1721057288444580214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1721057288444580214%7Ctwgr%5E01747ffc1ccea4ced0fcfca2f19abc606de7ba15%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.almayadeen.net%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F100-israeli-doctors-call-for-bombing-of-al-shifa-hospital-in\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1721057288444580214&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.presstv.ir%2FDetail%2F2023%2F11%2F05%2F714079%2FIsraeli-doctors-Gaza-hospitals-bombing-Hamas-resistance-Movement-&amp;sessionId=08ced6769fdfc4496b55dff78fa7c8793534e7d0&amp;siteScreenName=PressTV&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1721057288444580214\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The letter has been widely condemned online. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a British-Palestinian surgeon who is currently in Gaza, took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to criticize the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;100 Israeli doctors sign a petition calling for the destruction of all hospitals in Gaza. Lovely people with a great collegiate attitude. They must have taken the same Hippocratic oath as Harold Shipman,&#8221; he wrote, referring to an English doctor and serial killer who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhassanAbuSitt1\/status\/1721076636047507677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1721076636047507677%7Ctwgr%5E2a959bf90801c84dc5850e3220db91d3854b8c7d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fnews%2Fisrael-palestine-war-doctors-call-gaza-hospitals-bombed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1721076636047507677&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.presstv.ir%2FDetail%2F2023%2F11%2F05%2F714079%2FIsraeli-doctors-Gaza-hospitals-bombing-Hamas-resistance-Movement-&amp;sessionId=08ced6769fdfc4496b55dff78fa7c8793534e7d0&amp;siteScreenName=PressTV&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1721076636047507677\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, 43\u00a0rabbis issued a religious decree to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it is religiously acceptable and permissible to bomb Palestinian hospitals in\u00a0Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>A document signed by the rabbis\u00a0states\u00a0that there was no religious or moral objection to striking hospitals when civilians are allegedly used as shields and hidden behind them, Israel&#8217;s Channel 14 television news reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The message had now been conveyed to military units, the prime minister and cabinet members, the report added.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/doc\/Detail\/2023\/11\/02\/713890\/Gaza-Palestine-West-Bank-Shifa-Hospital-West-Bank--Israel-s-Channel-14-\">\n<div class=\"oembed\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This comes as the Israeli forces, for the 30th day in a row, are waging a devastating war on Gaza, in which at least 9,770 Palestinians were killed, including 4,800 children and 2,509 women, and more than 24,000 others were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have repeatedly targeted hospitals, residences, mosques, and churches. Under the Geneva Convention, attacks on hospitals are strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>On October 18, at least 500 civilians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. The attack has been condemned as an act of genocide by many governments around the world although the Israeli regime has denied responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gaza\u2019s health ministry, as many as 15 people were killed and 60 others injured on Friday after the regime targeted a convoy of ambulances leaving al-Shifa hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Several hospitals in Gaza City have become refuges for Palestinians hoping to be spared Israeli bombardments, which began on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2023\/11\/05\/714079\/Israeli-doctors-Gaza-hospitals-bombing-Hamas-resistance-Movement-\">https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2023\/11\/05\/714079\/Israeli-doctors-Gaza-hospitals-bombing-Hamas-resistance-Movement-<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}