TEHRAN – “Dr. Taner,” a documentary featuring Turkish doctor Taner Kamasi, a pediatric surgeon volunteering in Gaza, premiered at Palestine Café in Tehran on Saturday, coinciding with Gaza Day. It was done.
Mehr reported that the screening was also attended by a group of Palestinian solidarity activists, artists, and Dr. Tanel Kamasi himself.
The documentary, directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Majdpour, tells the life and humanitarian story of Taner Kamasi, who traveled to Gaza with an international team of doctors after the events of October 7 and encountered a series of difficult experiences along the way. Efforts are being recorded.
After the screening, Mr. Kamachi, who watched the movie for the first time, expressed his gratitude to everyone involved in the film’s production.
He stressed that the people of Gaza and Palestine have shown the world that the Jewish community has been hiding behind a false mask for more than 75 years.
He said the war in Gaza is unfolding before the eyes of the world, and the injustices and hardships faced by the people of Gaza are witnessed by the majority of the world.
“The world is witnessing the unjust oppression of the Zionist regime and the resistance of the Palestinian people,” he said, adding, “For more than a century, Western countries have been trying to draw the peoples of the Middle East to their countries.” Ta. But the whole world has seen that the civilization pursued by the West is a sham, and they want human rights, freedom and democracy only for themselves. ”
When it comes to Middle Easterners and Muslims, he explained, these demands are of no value.
“It can therefore be argued that the important victory of the Gaza war was that the mask of Western humanitarianism was lifted and their true nature revealed.”
Many countries, especially Islamic countries, have remained silent in response to this repression. Recalling, he pointed out that at the beginning of the Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed world leaders and said that if they want to protect their position, they must be silent.
As a result, all leaders who wanted to remain in power remained silent, he added.
“It is vitally important to see how a nation resists and how persevering it can be, remaining grateful even after losing everything.Through various films and writings, they portray themselves as persecuted nations. But after the brutal violence of 2016, the truth came out.
“Thank God, a ceasefire has been declared. It is our duty as Muslims to stand with the people of Gaza. Until now we have been given no excuse that we cannot go to Gaza to help them. With the announcement of the ceasefire, these excuses are gone. “We all now have a responsibility to support the people of Gaza, whether individually or through charities and organizations,” he said. concluded.
Majidpour, the documentary’s director, also said, “We met Dr. Tanner before this year’s Arbaeen, but it took quite a while to convince him to agree to make the film. “In less than a year,” he said. A week later I was ready to travel to Türkiye, where I met Dr. Tanner and the documentary began. ”
“It is our duty to record events. Various networks have interviewed Dr. Tanner, but this is the first time he has participated in our documentary. Regarding events in Palestine, the government “I believe it was a disadvantage for them to be present in the country, but Dr. Tanner put aside boundaries and went to Gaza with doctors from other parts of the world,” he said.
Back in July, in an interview with TRT World, Kamasi gave a dire account of the medical situation in Gaza while he was volunteering. He explained that due to the overwhelming number of casualties and severe shortage of medical supplies, injured patients were often sutured in the standing position without local anesthesia.
Dr. Kamachi said the medical team was able to operate on nearly 400 patients during their two-week stay, despite continued Israeli shelling. He highlighted the operational challenges faced by medical staff, revealing that only four hospitals were functioning in Gaza at the time, and only two of them were capable of performing surgeries. . This left many patients in need of long-term treatment without the care they needed.
The surgeon also condemned the actions of the Israeli military, saying it indiscriminately targets civilians, including the elderly, women and children. He emphasized the seriousness of the situation, saying it was significantly worse than what was currently being reported from the ground.
At least 46,707 people have lost their lives in Gaza over the past 15 months, including around 18,000 children. This staggering death toll indicates that one in 50 Gaza residents have been killed, and many analysts and human rights groups believe the real number could be significantly higher. are.
Violence escalated on October 7, 2023, following an attack on southern Israel orchestrated by the Palestinian organization Hamas. Despite widespread condemnation around the world and urgent appeals from international organizations and rights groups, Israel has persisted in its campaign of collective punishment against the besieged enclave, where half the population is under the age of 18. This continued attack led to the destruction of the entire country. Remove generations from the civil registry within a family.
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