The Doctors Who Want to Tell the DNC About the Hell They Saw in Gaza Mother Jones [Video]

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On Tuesday morning, as the party coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention, doctors spoke at a press conference in Chicago about what they witnessed in Gaza since last October as volunteers. At many points, their testimony proved unbearable.

Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor, described treating children with no surviving relatives—a situation so common an acronym has been needed in the hospitals: WCNSF (Wounded Child, No Surviving Family). She told the audience about holding hands with children as they breathed their final breaths.

Uncommitted delegates to the DNC have been pushing for Haj-Hassan to be able to speak from the main stage of the convention. But, so far, national Democrats have not agreed to that request.

I interviewed two of the doctors after the event. Dr. Ahmad Yousafis an internist and pediatrician …