The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli murder of a leading doctor in Gaza and urged the international community to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Nov. 29) with renewed efforts to end Israel’s genocide.
Dr. Ahmad Al-Kahlout, Head of the Intensive Care Unit at Kamal Adwan Hospital, was “killed by Israeli forces while on his way to the hospital.” The Israeli quadcopter that killed Dr. Al-Kahlout was reportedly hovering above the hospital and nearby areas in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya.
According to Reuters: “Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip that barely function now due to shortages of medical, fuel, and food supplies. Most of its medical staff have been detained or expelled by the Israeli army, health officials say.”
Dozens of Palestinians were slaughtered in Israeli raids today, with Israeli drones targeting anyone moving to rescue casualties. Israel has already slaughtered more than 44,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we call on the world community to take concrete actions to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Each day, more Palestinians – like Dr. Ahmad Al-Kahlout – are slaughtered in Israel’s U.S.-backed campaign of systematic and intentional mass destruction, manufactured starvation and ethnic cleansing.
“The Biden administration’s support for and complicity with this genocide will be remembered on this day for generations to come.”
Earlier this week, CAIR welcomed a ceasefire in Lebanon that ends the Israeli government’s bombing of civilians and repeated its call for an end to the Gaza genocide.
Last week, CAIR applauded the ICC decision to reject outside pressure and issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza genocide.
Earlier this month, CAIR said that it considers President Biden a “war criminal” after his decision to continue sending weapons to the Israeli government after it flouted Biden’s 30-day deadline to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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