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Mar 2024
26m 42s

Healing Under Genocide: Gaza's Healthcar...

The Institute for Middle East Understanding
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Over the past six months, Israel has internationally destroyed Gaza’s healthcare system as part of its genocidal campaign. By November 2023, Israel had repeatedly bombed more than 36 hospitals in Gaza. As of publishing, the Israeli military has besieged and attacked Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza for over 11 days. Horrifying reports continue to emerge of ... Show More
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