45 American Health Workers’ Letter On Their Experiences In Gaza *URGENT*

*This letter is intended to share information that is critical to all U.S. elected officials and their staffers. Please follow links included at the end of this letter.* Recently, forty-five American physicians, surgeons, and nurses who have volunteered in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 wrote a letter to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Jill Biden. They worked with various NGO’s and the World Health Organization in hospitals throughout the Strip. In addition to their medical and surgical expertise, many of them have a public health background, as well as experience working in humanitarian and conflict zones, including Ukraine during the brutal Russian invasion. Some of them are veterans of the United States Armed Forces. They are a multifaith and multiethnic group. None of them support the horrors committed on October 7 by Palestinian armed groups and individuals in Israel. These are some of the first hand testimonies of individuals that wrote the letter. Please follow link to the full letter below. “I’ve never seen such horrific injuries, on such a massive scale, with so few resources. Our bombs are cutting down women and children by the thousands. Their mutilated bodies are a monument to cruelty.” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, trauma and critical care surgeon “I saw so many stillbirths and maternal deaths that could have been easily prevented if the hospitals had been functioning normally.” Dr. Thalia Pachiyannakis, obstetrician and gynecologist “Every day I saw babies die. They had been born healthy. Their mothers were so malnourished that they could not breastfeed, and we lacked formula or clean water to feed them, so they starved.” Asma Taha, pediatric nurse practitioner “Gaza was the first time I held a baby’s brains in my hand. The first of many.” Dr. Mark Perlmutter, orthopedic and hand surgeon (https://tinyurl.com/gazadoctorsletter) (https://tinyurl.com/gazadoctorsletterappendix)