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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Arwa Mahdawi

Why are chilling testimonies from doctors who have visited Gaza being ignored?

‘I spoke to Mamode for 40 minutes and this column only really scratches the surface of what he told me.’
‘I spoke to Mamode for 40 minutes and this column only really scratches the surface of what he told me.’ Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

First come the bombs. A boom, then 2,000lb worth of destructive force flattening everything in its way. Severing limbs, vaporizing bodies, leaving craters full of blood and rubble where children used to play.

Then come the drones. As the dust settles, the drones start to swarm, picking off any survivors. Armed quadcopters; ingeniously engineered killing machines hunting for human prey. The drones, many of which seem to be autonomous, shoot everything that moves. Even if it’s a helpless child, the drone will sometimes shoot: firing lethal bullets into a soft skull. A scene straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie set on some desolate dust-covered planet. Except it’s not sci-fi; it’s reality. It’s happening right now in Gaza.

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