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Documentary 'American Doctor' Opens in U.S. Theaters With Firsthand Footage of Gaza Hospital Strikes

The film presents American doctors’ eyewitness accounts and graphic hospital footage to press for urgent humanitarian attention and to challenge official explanations for attacks.

Overview

  • The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is being released in select U.S. theaters this week and brings front-line testimony from three American physicians who volunteered in Gaza.
  • One scene shows what the filmmakers say was a 'double-tap' strike at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis where missiles hit first responders treating patients after an initial attack.
  • The three doctors describe unprecedented suffering in Gaza hospitals and report they did not see tunnels beneath the facilities where they worked, a claim that conflicts with Israeli statements that some strikes targeted fighters in tunnels.
  • Coverage cites Gaza casualty totals from the Hamas-run Health Ministry, figures the United Nations has described as reliable, and uses those figures to frame the scale of civilian harm shown in the film.
  • Director Poh Si Teng says fundraising was difficult because donors feared backing a film showing damage attributed to U.S.-funded Israeli munitions, and the filmmakers hope the release will increase U.S. public and policy pressure for humanitarian relief.