US Doctor Denied Entry to Gaza Shares Urgent Messages Amid Starvation Crisis

Starvation and Medical Crisis in Gaza

• 📌 A Palestinian medical student in Gaza City, a close friend of Dr. Mimi Sayed, describes experiencing constant hunger and weakness, unable to continue hospital training.
• 💔 The student expresses despair and a wish for death, feeling abandoned as even a doctor like Dr. Sayed is denied entry.
• ⚠️ At least 271 Palestinians have reportedly starved to death, with recent Israeli attacks killing scores, including children.
• 🏥 Dr. Sayed, an emergency medicine physician, was denied re-entry for her third medical mission, along with a colleague, with no reason provided.

Denied Entry and Smuggled Aid

• 🚫 Dr. Sayed and her colleague were denied entry into Gaza, despite previous successful missions, highlighting a significant increase in denials for foreign physicians.
• 👶 Dr. Sayed intended to bring in small amounts of aid, including baby formula and protein (chicken, tuna), for starving infants and individuals.
• ⚖️ She argues that essential items like baby formula and protein should not be considered "aid" that needs to be "smuggled" and should not be weaponized.

Systemic Destruction of Healthcare

• 📉 Dr. Sayed believes the denial of entry for medical professionals and journalists is a deliberate and systematic destruction of Gaza's healthcare system.
• 💔 Foreign doctors providing relief have had their access revoked, adding to the cruelty faced by healthcare workers who have been working and starving for months.

Calls for Action and Government Responsibility

• 📢 Dr. Sayed calls for pushback and inquiry from international bodies like the WHO and UN regarding the denial of humanitarian aid, deeming it a war crime.
• 🇺🇸 She criticizes the U.S. government as the biggest supporter of the "current genocide" and expresses shame that her own representative has refused to meet with her.
• 🚫 The State Department's suspension of visitor visas from Gaza, including for children needing urgent medical care, is described as a smear campaign based on racism and lies.
• 🩹 Dr. Sayed emphasizes that children with amputations and significant medical needs are being denied care, and the U.S., supplying the weapons causing these injuries, has a responsibility to help these children.