Beirut, Lebanon - October 02, 2024

The ongoing genocide in Gaza which has lasted one year is a testament to the failure of Western morality , and the second chapter of the genocidal war has started to unfold in Lebanon, said Ghassan Abou Sittah, a Lebanese lung surgeon who had aided Gaza.

Recalling what were happening in war-torn Gaza, the Lebanese surgeon said he had witnessed many kids there being orphaned by the war while aiding the Palestinian enclave after the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out on Oct. 7, 2023.

Having treated many children of Gaza, he said many kids there have been left with permanent disability, and mental scars and the destruction of social fabric in Gaza brought by the war are going to be felt for generations.

He said Israel has been targeting medical professionals and facilities in Gaza, which is in urgent need of a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor.

Shotlist:
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 2, 2024:
1. Various of smoke rising from rubble, damaged buildings, vehicles;
Saksakiyeh, Lebanon - Sept 28, 2024
2. Injured person lying in hospital bed;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 2024
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Abou Sittah, Lebanese lung surgeon who had aided Gaza:
"I think the fact that the genocide is still going on for now a year is a testament to the failure of whatever was left of international law, whatever was left of Western morality. It's a testament of the fact that the powers that control this war and that feed it with the weapons that maintain it are able to ensure that it continues for a year, well beyond our worst nightmare. This is continuing on and with no end in sight. Now actually, Israel has expanded its war into Lebanon, and we're watching the second chapter of this genocidal war starting to unfold here.";
FILE: Gaza Strip - Feb 7, 2024
4. Various of medical workers treating children; injured kids crying;
FILE: Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Feb 21, 2024
5. Various of injured people in Al-Ahli Arab Hospital;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Abou Sittah, Lebanese lung surgeon who had aided Gaza:
"(Many children) have been left with permanent disability. Because you need to understand those who are killed and wounded in Gaza are killed in their homes. And so when a parent is killed, it usually means the children are also wounded. The children that we brought from Gaza to Lebanon to treat, all of them have lost one or two parents, and the surviving parents were injured. And so the long-term legacy of this war in terms of mental health scars, in terms of the destruction of the social fabric of the Palestinian society in Gaza, is going to be felt for generations to come.";
FILE: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Dec 2, 2023
7. Smoke rising from buildings after explosions, people fleeing;
FILE: Rafah City, Gaza Strip - Feb 7-8, 2024
8. Explosions amid airstrike at night, noise of Israeli jet flying;
Beirut, Lebanon - Oct 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Abou Sittah, Lebanese lung surgeon who had aided Gaza:
"What we need is for a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor. What is left of the health system is 10 percent of its capacity. Israel has killed over 540 health professionals, over 120 senior doctors at consultant level have been killed. There was a calculation that your chances of being killed in Gaza if you are a health professional is twice that of any other profession. So it is obvious that Israel was targeting health professionals. What they need is an end to this genocide and a humanitarian corridor that allows medicines, consumables, fuel for the hospitals, so that they can treat their patients.";
FILE: Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Feb 2024
10. Various of exterior, interior of destroyed Patient's Friends Charitable Hospital;
⁠⁠⁠FILE: Gaza Strip - May 18, 2024
11. Various of destroyed ambulances.

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