'American Doctor' team condemns Israeli strike that killed Palestinian surgeon in Gaza hospital
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Set us as preferred Watermelon Pictures says it is “appalled and devastated” by the Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza that killed a Palestinian surgeon featured in the documentary “American Doctor.” “We are horrified and heartbroken by the killing of Dr.Rizk Abu Shaaira.
This is yet another devastating example of the continued violence against Gaza’s medical community,” Hamza Ali, the co-founder of Watermelon Pictures, the North American distributor of the film, said in a statement Thursday.“Hospitals are places of healing, not targets of war.
We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms and call for accountability and an end to the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system.” Three doctors treat war casualties while speaking forcefully — and fearlessly — about the human tragedy unfolding on the ground with no end in sight.Directed by Poh Si Teng, “American Doctor” follows three American physicians who travel to Gaza to provide medical care during the Israel-Hamas conflict before and after the 2025 ceasefire.Abu Shaaira was among the surgeons that the doctors worked with at Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza.
The surgical wing of the hospital was hit by an Israeli airstrike that killed six people, including Abu Shaaira as well as a 13-year-old boy, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.At least 28 people were wounded.
“Dr.Abu Shaaira was among the extraordinary medical professionals whose courage and humanity we sought to honor through ‘American Doctor,’” Teng said in a statement.
“His death is devastating and a painful reminder that the crisis documented in our film continues.Those who dedicate their lives to saving others deserve protection, not violence.”Among those critically injured in the strike on the hospital is Dr.
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