Metres from the unfolding debate in parliament, those with family and friends in Gaza pleaded for them to be seen as more than just headlines and numbers
Dr Bushra Othman, a Melbourne surgeon who volunteered in a Gaza hospital, says ‘the people of Gaza are not just headlines … they are precious lives’.Dr Bushra Othman, a Melbourne surgeon who volunteered in a Gaza hospital, says ‘the people of Gaza are not just headlines … they are precious lives’.about the Israel-Gaza war, Palestinian Australians fronted the media in the heart of Parliament House with a plea to be heard above the noise.
Othman also mentioned a 17-year-old patient “whose right arm has been auto-amputated by shrapnel, and his mangled right leg is on the brink of being amputated”. “The rest of us were left with wounds that went beyond the visible. Everyone knew how much Jamal loved his family, and innocent Farah with a constant smile was the light of our lives. That night, I lost a part of my heart.”Mahmoud described how his family had “fled seven times, including to a shelter in Khan Younis and tents in Rafah” and “escaped death” multiple times. Blockaded Gaza had become “a graveyard for our dreams and hopes”.
But in a more inclusive portion of the parliamentary debate, the Labor MP Josh Burns sought to project a message of “shared humanity”.Burns began by saying he and the Jewish community were haunted by the images of the Hamas attacks, resulting in “the largest loss of Jewish life, of our people, since the 1940s”.
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