Nepali Doctors Rally at Israeli Embassy in Solidarity with Gaza's Healthcare Workers

Mar 31, 2024

Kathmandu (Nepal), March 31 (ANI): Nearly a dozen doctors on Friday held a demonstration in front of the Israeli Embassy expressing solidarity with besieged healthcare workers in Gaza. Doctors from Nepal’s largest government hospital, the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) held a peaceful march from the hospital to the Israeli Embassy, holding placards and banners calling on Israel to stop the ongoing operation in the Palestinian area. The demonstrating doctors held placards reading, “Stop the Genocide”, “Save Gaza Hospitals”, “Bombing ambulances is not self-defence”, and “Stop the conflict between Israel and Palestine” amongst others. Nepali doctors and health workers have demanded an immediate ceasefire as more than 500 health workers have been killed in the attack that started on October 7. Since October 7 when the war between Israel and Hamas started, more than 31000 people have lost their lives, the majority of them women and children. The healthcare system in Gaza has collapsed as per the accounts shared by the doctors who visited the besieged Palestinian area since the start of the operation by Israel. Israel denies accusations of genocide and has maintained that it is targeting Hamas, not civilians. It has accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields and says it has a right to defend itself.