The killing of Dr. Rizk Abu Shaira and five other Palestinians in the Israeli bombing of Nasser Hospital is an appalling crime. Dr. Rizk was a dedicated surgeon who risked his life saving others. His American colleague, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, rightly calls this barbarism.
The evidence reported from the hospital includes fragments of a GBU-39 bomb manufactured by Boeing, an American company. As Dr. Sidhwa reminds us, this was an American-made bomb, dropped by an American-made aircraft using American-supplied jet fuel. America cannot escape responsibility for the consequences of weapons it supplies.
Hospitals, doctors, patients and medical workers must be protected under international humanitarian law. Repeated attacks on Gaza’s medical facilities demand independent investigations and accountability, not excuses.
The suffering does not end with bombing. Thousands of displaced Palestinians are facing catastrophic flooding in inadequate shelters. Babies are again at risk of dying from hypothermia because essential shelter materials are being prevented from entering Gaza.
President Trump and Congress must immediately suspend military assistance and arms shipments to Israel, demand unrestricted humanitarian access and insist on accountability.
Never again must mean never again for anyone, including Palestinians.






