DETAILS:
Date:
Friday, 3 January 2025
Time: 6:00
PM
Location: Auckland Hospital, along
Park Road, Grafton
Auckland healthcare workers, along
with members of the local community, will gather for a
silent vigil in solidarity with the victims of the recent
attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza.
On December
27th, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out
another devastating assault on a hospital, Kamal Adwan
Hospital in northern Gaza, bombing and burning the facility,
before forcibly evacuating patients, healthcare workers, and
families seeking refuge. Among those abducted during the
attack were 240 individuals, including the hospital’s
director, Dr. Hussan Abu Safiya. Dr. Abu Safiya’s
unwavering commitment to his community has drawn
international attention to the critical role healthcare
professionals play during times of war and the profound
humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.
The attack on
Kamal Adwan Hospital is being denounced as a war crime under
international law, with global calls for accountability and
justice.
Dr. Abdallah Gouda, a Palestinian orthopaedic
surgeon whose family was displaced to Gaza City’s Rafah
camp in 1948, will also be present at the vigil. Dr. Gouda,
who immigrated to Aotearoa with his family in 2011, will
stand in solidarity with healthcare workers and the
Palestinian people, as well as to raise awareness about the
ongoing atrocities in Gaza.
This peaceful vigil aims
to honor the victims of the Kamal Adwan Hospital attack,
demand the safe return of the director of Kamal Adwan Dr.
Hussam Abu Safiya and to stand with all healthcare
professionals working under the most dire and dangerous
conditions.
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