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Israel must immediately release Gazan doctor Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, UN experts stated in unequivocal terms in a statement last week. Safiya had been “subjected to torture and other cruel and degrading treatment,” they said, adding that his health condition was “dire.”
Many are already familiar with the iconic Palestinian doctor from Gaza. But the deserved and urgent focus on his case should not end with him. Rather, it should illuminate the broader catastrophe afflicting Gaza’s health sector, which has been dismantled as part of the ongoing genocide that began on Oct. 7, 2023.
Palestinians and others continue to refer to the genocide as “ongoing.” This is not hyperbole. Though the rate of killing by bombs has decreased, the genocide remains in effect because the destruction of Gaza and of all civilian infrastructure necessary for survival continues to produce the same outcome: Palestinians are dying as a direct result of the same policies.
As the number of victims grows, there is a corresponding number of those meant to save them who have also been killed
