I have worked in the bombed and starving hospitals, seen things no human should ever witness, let alone experience. I feel the suffering with a visceral intensity.
Skeletal babies and children with their limbs torn away. Mothers too weak to feed their newborns. Even the nurses and surgeons collapsing from hunger.
We take an oath to protect our patients. And that goes beyond their immediate medical care.
That's why I joined Avaaz, travelling to meet governments face-to-face. To tell them what I've seen -- to make them face the reality of genocide, and the costs of their inaction.
The politicians cried. I saw them break down. Heard them admit they had no idea it was so bad. And I felt the room shift when they realised it could be their children getting bombed, starving and alone.
Some have now called for sanctions, and for weapons to be cut off. Now we must turn that trickle into a tidal wave -- and I'm humbly asking for your support.
Avaaz is organising to take many more doctors to meet with as many Presidents and Ministers as we can. They have the power to stop this genocide and open the borders for a flood of humanitarian aid.
We cannot deliver that aid ourselves -- Israel's blockade makes it impossible. But we can fight like hell to make our governments intervene. There is a fire in me, burning for all the children I've held, and lost. And I promise you now, I will not stop.
This genocide will end. What matters is how many children we lose before then.
Please, donate whatever you can -- so we can change the hearts and minds of those with the power to end this horror. Your donation will be used to help end the genocide and unlock humanitarian aid. Donate what you can now.
For the children of Gaza, and the hopes of tomorrow,
Dr Graeme Groom and the whole team at Avaaz
