Date: Thursday, 24 April 2025 Time: 1:30 PM EDT / 6:30 PM (UK time) Location: Livestream & in person at One Birdcage Walk, London

Film Screening & Panel: Israel’s War on Medics

Book Tickets or watch the livestream on MEE's YouTube channel

As Israel’s military aggression in the Middle East continues, emergency workers and healthcare professionals are facing unprecedented dangers. Just this week 15 Palestinian medics were found handcuffed and buried in a mass grave in Gaza, after being executed one by one by Israeli forces.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has stated that the healthcare sector “has been subjected to systematic attacks… that have affected all its components”. These deliberate and often fatal assaults have devastated healthcare systems, leaving countless civilians without access to critical medical care.

Last November, MEE deployed Hind Hassan to Lebanon's frontlines, documenting the work of paramedics and first responders, capturing their harrowing experience as they risk their lives to save others. Amid allegations that Israel is committing a war crime by targeting rescue and health services, the documentary takes a closer look at the pattern of its strikes on medics

Event Highlights:

• Keynote speeches by David Hearst and Professor Avi Shlaim

• Screening of 'Under Fire: Israel's War on Medics'

• Panel discussion moderated by Mohamed Hashem with Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Dr Victoria Rose, Yasmine Ahmed, and Hind Hassan

Hear firsthand accounts from doctors and experts who’ve worked in Gaza and Lebanon, as they shed light on the humanitarian crisis, and dig further into understanding Israel’s targeting of healthcare workers.

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