An internal medicine physician who told the world about the dire hardships in frequent dispatches from Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital has been killed, an official with the territory’s Health Ministry said Tuesday.

  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    1 year ago

    Should be noted that this doesn’t change the protections afforded to medical care workers. It is still a war crime.

    • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
      31·
      1 year ago

      I feel like this must be the case but I’ve seen so many people argue otherwise here. Do you have a source for this? It seems obvious but apparently not

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        It was on a recent PBS NewsHour interview with a human rights lawyer, if I recall. I’ll edit this if I can find it from this past week.

        • OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
          21·
          1 year ago

          Thanks! I saw some comments from lawyers on the news too, seems like there is at least some general agreement.