Dr. Thayer Ahmed (Palestinian-American Doctor, Chicago)

You know, when people look at me, they assume I'm Palestinian or something, but I'm not. I lived in Haifa. That was from 2004 to 5. And I worked with, like, an Arab-Jewish cooperative that doesn't exist anymore. And during that time, I toured around in the West Bank. I was never able to go to Gaza, but toured around in the West Bank a lot.

You know, when people look at me, they assume I'm Palestinian or something, but I'm not. I lived in Haifa. That was from 2004 to 5. And I worked with, like, an Arab-Jewish cooperative that doesn't exist anymore. And during that time, I toured around in the West Bank. I was never able to go to Gaza, but toured around in the West Bank a lot.

You know, when people look at me, they assume I'm Palestinian or something, but I'm not. I lived in Haifa. That was from 2004 to 5. And I worked with, like, an Arab-Jewish cooperative that doesn't exist anymore. And during that time, I toured around in the West Bank. I was never able to go to Gaza, but toured around in the West Bank a lot.

The operating room, the ICU. The nurse that was showing us around didn't really speak English very well. And she just pointed at these two kids and just pointed at her head and said, shot, shot. There were four kids in the hospital with gunshot wounds to the head. I just thought that that was unbelievable. And I just assumed that she was just wrong.

The operating room, the ICU. The nurse that was showing us around didn't really speak English very well. And she just pointed at these two kids and just pointed at her head and said, shot, shot. There were four kids in the hospital with gunshot wounds to the head. I just thought that that was unbelievable. And I just assumed that she was just wrong.

The operating room, the ICU. The nurse that was showing us around didn't really speak English very well. And she just pointed at these two kids and just pointed at her head and said, shot, shot. There were four kids in the hospital with gunshot wounds to the head. I just thought that that was unbelievable. And I just assumed that she was just wrong.

I didn't think she was lying, but she was just incorrect. That probably was a shrapnel injury or something like that. But then I looked at these kids and they didn't have any other evidence of an explosive injury. And then we pulled up their CT scans and sure enough, it did look like they had been shot in the head.

I didn't think she was lying, but she was just incorrect. That probably was a shrapnel injury or something like that. But then I looked at these kids and they didn't have any other evidence of an explosive injury. And then we pulled up their CT scans and sure enough, it did look like they had been shot in the head.

I didn't think she was lying, but she was just incorrect. That probably was a shrapnel injury or something like that. But then I looked at these kids and they didn't have any other evidence of an explosive injury. And then we pulled up their CT scans and sure enough, it did look like they had been shot in the head.

And then we went on and found two more kids also shot in the head in the other ICUs.

And then we went on and found two more kids also shot in the head in the other ICUs.

And then we went on and found two more kids also shot in the head in the other ICUs.

Yeah. For me, what struck me about it was just the fact that it had happened. I work in a pretty rough part of the country, so I do see children who get shot in the head.

Yeah. For me, what struck me about it was just the fact that it had happened. I work in a pretty rough part of the country, so I do see children who get shot in the head.

Yeah. For me, what struck me about it was just the fact that it had happened. I work in a pretty rough part of the country, so I do see children who get shot in the head.

But to see four kids with gunshot wounds to the head already admitted to the hospital when I get there, it certainly struck me as being very unusual.

But to see four kids with gunshot wounds to the head already admitted to the hospital when I get there, it certainly struck me as being very unusual.

But to see four kids with gunshot wounds to the head already admitted to the hospital when I get there, it certainly struck me as being very unusual.

Here, this is from March 28th.

Here, this is from March 28th.