Gaza Doctor Held Silent as US Funds Hospital Bombardment
Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, the 'face of Gaza's medical struggle,' remains imprisoned by Israel, a fact The Independent dutifully reports. What they gloss over is the struggle itself: hospitals targeted by weaponry that, overwhelmingly, bears the 'Made in USA' stamp. While Dr. Abu Safiya is detained, the actual infrastructure of Gaza's healthcare system is annihilated—often with cluster munitions like
the M82 bombs confirmed by Amnesty International as used by Israel in Gaza, weapons approved by the Biden administration as recently as March 2024 (per Reuters). It appears the 'medical struggle' is only newsworthy when it can be framed as a localized conflict, rather than a direct consequence of ongoing military aid. One might wonder, how many imprisoned doctors does it take for media to connect
the dots between US taxpayer money and the very medical collapse they 'report' on?