The documentary film “Gaza; Doctors Under Attack”, directed by Karim Shah and presented by Ramita Navai, was commissioned by the BBC but was ultimately broadcast by Channel 4. Contrary to the film’s boast, it’s nothing resembling a “forensic examination” of allegations that the IDF has intentionally attacked healthcare workers.
As the title of the film itself suggests, it’s based on the predetermined conclusion that Israel has “systematically targeted Gaza healthcare facilities and healthcare workers,” and then works backwards to ‘prove’ Israeli guilt.
“From the first days of the war,” viewers are told, “Israel attacked the thing that Gazans needed most, its healthcare system,” and that “Israel has been killing the people trying to keep the healthcare system alive, including doctors and medics, despite the fact that healthcare workers are protected under international law.”
Almost all of the evidence presented is in support of their conclusion. They provide some statements by the IDF denying many of the allegations, but there is no attempt to present exculpatory evidence that would support Israel’s denials. In other words, there is no real investigation into the Israeli side of the issue, nor an acknowledgement of ubiquitous evidence showing Hamas’s pattern, since as far back as 2007, of using medical facilities for military purposes.
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