Abstract: I write to join my fellow health professionals in expressing my support for the people of Gaza,1Manduca P Chalmers I Summerfield D Gilbert M Ang S An open letter for the people in Gaza.Lancet. 2014; 384: 397-398Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (49) Google Scholar and my outrage at Israel's attacks on Gaza's civilians in their homes, hospitals, and UN shelters. As health professionals, our voices matter, since our support for victims in such conflicts tends to be borne out of empathy and compassion for human suffering, rather than political interests. I am Palestinian, and I am equally appalled by civilian death and suffering on both sides. The reality of the present conflict is that it is the Palestinian civilians who overwhelmingly suffered death, injury, and displacement. As of Aug 6, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that the war had led to the deaths of 1354 Gazan civilians, including 415 children, and two Israeli civilians.2UNOCHAOccupied Palestinian Territory: Gaza Emergency Situation Report (as of 5 Aug 2014, 0800 hrs).http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_sitrep_05_08_2014.pdfGoogle Scholar They are trapped within closed borders with no safe havens, under intensifying bombardment by Israel from land, sea, and air. The absence of safe havens was recently highlighted by the UN Secretary General, “These attacks were outrageous, unacceptable, and unjustifiable”, he said.3UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonNew York, 6 Aug 2014, Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on the situation in Gaza.http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7913Google Scholar The UN also highlighted Gaza's “health and humanitarian disaster”, in part caused by Israel's shelling of hospitals and clinics—leading to deaths and injuries among medical staff “in the line of duty”.4WHO and UNRWAUnited Nations warns of “rapidly unfolding” health disaster in Gaza. press release.http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Press_Release_UN_warns_of_imminent_health_disaster_in_Gaza.pdfGoogle Scholar It is an ethical necessity to be outraged at the avoidable killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, and the shelling of the hospitals in which they are treated. A medical journal is a fitting place for health professionals to express such outrage. I am a Palestinian doctor, trained and practising in the UK. I declare no competing interests. An open letter for the people in GazaWe are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics of our professions, together with the knowledge and practice of it. We all have worked in and known the situation of Gaza for years. Full-Text PDF