English transcript

I stand here today, not for myself, but for the voices underneath the rubble, for the

children bombed in their beds, for the doctors killed in their scrubs.

There is no independent journalism allowed in Gaza at this point, but there are international

doctors.

We've been there.

We are the eyewitnesses to this genocide.

We are telling the truth, and yes, IDF forces are lying to you.

Innocent people are being killed in mass numbers, from paramedics to doctors and even children.

Gaza currently has the highest amount of child amputees per capita in the world.

This never happens.

It does not happen unless you deliberately target innocent civilians.

To those people like Douglas Murray who mockingly ask, have you even been there?

To them, I say, yes, Douglas, we have been there.

Not once, multiple times.

Not for a photo op or headlines, but to save lives.

But as doctors, we can't end this genocide.

When working in the hospital last year, in the European Gaza Hospital, I saw so many

kids with burn wounds, very painful.

This one child by the name of Salma, I remember, five years old, third degree burn wounds all

the way to her bone.

I thought I could cheer her up with a candy, and she's like any other child.

Half the fun is to open that wrapper.

But because of her contractures from a third degree burn wound, she could not even open

the wrapper.

Instead of putting a smile on her face, she became frustrated.

At that time, I realized not only did Israel burn her hands, but they burned her smile.

This is not a war.

This is a genocide, confirmed by Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, the Jewish Voice

for Peace, and International Court of Justice.

To my fellow Canadian physicians, don't be silent.

1,500 healthcare workers have been killed.

To our politicians, please have the courage to say the words, Israel is committing a genocide.