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A callous shrug at Gaza’s broken children: Editorial

When Ontario’s government and pediatric hospitals offered to bring wounded Gaza children here for specialized care, they were met by an appalling wall of cynicism and indifference.

 

Mariam al-Masri, 9, is a casualty of the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. She was playing in the garden of her home when a bomb fell, leaving her crumpled unconscious in a pool of blood.

“Mariam has suffered brain damage,” Dr. Nabil Sharqawi told Britain’s Independent newspaper. “We first have to hope that she lives, then we will see whether she can speak again, walk again or see again.”
 

Some 3,000 Palestinian children have been wounded, many seriously, in fighting that resumed again on Friday after a brief ceasefire. They are the most pitiable victims in a hideous, intractable conflict that has turned much of Gaza into rubble. Like the 450 children the United Nations reported killed in the past month, they had nowhere to run to escape Israel’s bombardment and Hamas’ criminal use of human shields for its rocket attacks.
 

Yet when Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government and Ontario pediatric hospitals offered to bring perhaps 100 of the injured innocents here for specialized care — with Ottawa’s help and Israel’s co-operation — they were met by an appalling wall of callous cynicism and indifference.

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