Dispatches from a Gaza Hospital (with Dr. Seema Jilani)

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

As we enter month six of the Israel-Hamas war, a dispatch from Dr. Seema Jilani. She’s provided critical aid in the West Bank for nearly two decades, and recently returned from Gaza working with the IRC (the International Rescue Committee) to offer humanitarian support and medical assistance.

At the top, we discuss her latest trip to the region (10:40), the devastating conditions she witnessed (14:46), and the details of her rescue efforts at Al-Aqsa Hospital (16:34). Then, she describes the decision-making process of her colleges on the ground (20:28), how medical supplies are dwindling (28:39), and the subsequent consequences of those shortages on children (34:46).

On the back-half, Dr. Jilani underscores the importance of how doctors communicate with the media (40:36), how she views her responsibility as a physician (44:34), what she hopes comes out of the recent protest by U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell (45:55), and, to close, she reads a passage from poet Audre Lorde (55:02).

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1:34.0	Dr. Jalani has been working in and out of the West Bank for the last 19 years, providing aid as a pediatrician.
1:41.0	She currently serves as a technical advisor to the IRC, the International
1:46.1	Rescue Committee, together with MAP, medical aid for Palestinians, they've deployed EMTs to provide medical care since the war erupted back on October 7th after
1:56.5	Hamas's deadly attacks in Israel.
1:59.6	In retaliation, Israel has conducted intense bombing in ground campaigns in Gaza, resulting in a health care
2:05.9	system perennially on the brink of collapse.
2:09.3	Under the direction of Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Israeli military has made it increasingly difficult for food
2:16.3	and medicine to enter the territory.
2:19.0	The conflict then came to a head this past week as Israeli forces opened fire near an aid convoy in Gaza City
2:26.0	killing dozens of Palestinians.
2:28.8	In response, President Biden pledged that the United States would begin air-dropping humanitarian relief into Gaza.
2:36.0	This decision comes after 148 days of grueling warfare, resulting in more than 30,000 Palestinians dead, 70% of whom are women and children.
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