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– ‘I would love our authorities to name for a cease-fire instantly and I might like them to cease promoting weapons to Israel as a result of it is actually terrible to know that we’re a part of what’s taking place as British individuals,’ says Jordan Rivera, an occupational therapist
– ‘We wish the UK authorities to cease arming Israel. We wish a everlasting cease-fire. We wish an finish to the occupation, and we cannot cease till our calls for are met,’ says Taby Khan, a medical analysis scientist
LONDON
British well being care staff, in solidarity with their colleagues within the Gaza Strip, are urging the well being care group throughout the globe to hitch them in calling for a humanitarian, everlasting and quick cease-fire within the enclave.
In an interview with Anadolu, Rachel Moses, a physiotherapist, stated that 39 physiotherapists have been killed to this point in Gaza alone out of lots of of well being care staff who’ve been killed in Israeli assaults since Oct. 7 final 12 months.
“I knew lots of them personally,” she stated, noting that she has been to the besieged enclave many instances to assist assist the rehabilitation and physiotherapy providers.
Considered one of them was Ouda, a musculoskeletal physiotherapist who was killed in January.
“He was a loyal husband. He had two sons and he was bigger than life,” she famous, including that Ouda was additionally a medical educational.
“It’s such a tragic loss to our occupation and to the individuals of Gaza,” she stated.
Moses stated the state of affairs in Gaza was substandard for anybody even earlier than the “devastating results of Oct. 7.”
“Now, the well being care system is totally devastated. There are solely a handful of hospitals which can be operational and with so many well being care staff and support staff killed and injured and displaced,” she stated.
Relating to her stance on the state of affairs in Gaza, she stated: “We’re on the aspect of humanity. We’re right here being your voice. We won’t be silent. We won’t be stopped.”
She vowed to proceed to advocate for Gazans’ human rights “for so long as we will.”
“We as well being care staff must unite internationally…I name on the well being care group throughout the globe to hitch us in calling for a humanitarian, everlasting, quick cease-fire to forestall any extra unnecessary deaths,” she stated.
“Everybody has a voice, and we must always use it for the sake of humanity.”
– ‘Have power Gaza, as a result of you’ll come again’
Jordan Rivera, an occupational therapist, stated the present state of the well being care system in Gaza is appalling and it’s “actually disgraceful” seeing the way in which that it has been decimated.
“I might name for a cease-fire. I would love our authorities to name for a cease-fire instantly, and I might like them to cease promoting weapons to Israel as a result of it is actually terrible to know that we’re a part of what’s taking place as British individuals,” she famous.
Hailing the efforts of her colleagues in Gaza, Rivera stated that as British well being staff, they’re considering of their associates there.
“We’re talking for you, and we’re preventing for you,” she stated, including that each time they stage a vigil or a protest, it is as a result of they wish to get a cease-fire in Gaza and “to make issues higher.”
Rivera stated she learn an article about an occupational therapist in Gaza and thought it could be “actually incredible” to go there in that capability.
She referred to as on the federal government to take motion resulting in an finish to the killing of civilians, underlining that individuals in energy must say “Israel has to cease.”
“I really feel like after we look again sooner or later, individuals will probably be actually ashamed that they did not converse up,” added Rivera, who can also be a member of the British commerce union UNISON.
“I wish to say ‘Have power Gaza’ as a result of you’ll come again. It is a horrible, horrible state of affairs, however we cannot let this simply cease the way in which it’s. We’ll show you how to to come back again. We assist you.”
‘UK authorities continues to help genocide’
Taby Khan, a medical analysis scientist with Britain’s Nationwide Well being Service, stated that over 600 well being care staff have been murdered, “focused particularly for the destruction of the well being care system” in Gaza.
“We noticed 36 hospitals flattened to the bottom. The well being care system has utterly collapsed. It is a technique within the Israeli try at genocide, amongst different methods akin to ecocide, educide, artifical famine, blockades and siege,” she famous.
Khan underlined that as well being care staff, they “can’t sit idly by and watch our colleagues be slaughtered and massacred.”
Recalling the destruction of hospitals, together with the Al-Shifa Medical Advanced in Gaza Metropolis, she identified that medical doctors, nurses, scientists and physiotherapists have been executed.
“We noticed the executions of medical doctors, clinicians, nurses, scientists, physios. We noticed all of them being rounded up and put in pickup vans, blindfolded and zip-tied like cattle being led to the slaughter.”
Saying they’re being traumatized within the UK watching it, Khan criticized the British authorities for funding “these conflict crimes” of their identify.
“The UK authorities continues to help a genocide that’s going down in Palestine,” she stated, highlighting that they need the federal government to cease arming Israel.
“We wish a everlasting cease-fire. We wish an finish to the occupation, and we won’t cease till our calls for are met.”
Noting that 2024 is an election 12 months within the UK, she stated: “Our voices will probably be heard.”
“You’re inspirational. You’re the true heroes. We see you. The world sees you. We see your self-sacrifice. You’re sacrificing your life simply so to deal with your sufferers, and you might be an instance to us all,” she stated, referring to Palestinian well being care staff.
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