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The Guardian - US
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Chris McGreal

US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza

A woman embraces a crying child
A woman embraces a crying child as they mourn relatives who were killed during Israeli bombardment late the previous night in Rafah on 19 March 2024. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes.

The doctors, who have recently returned from volunteering at Gaza’s besieged hospitals, are expected to meet White House officials and senior members of Congress this week to warn that pledges of increased aid to Palestinians under bombardment are largely meaningless without an immediate ceasefire to allow safe distribution of food and the revival of healthcare services.

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