"Chandra Hassan, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine, spent three weeks in Gaza in January 2024, treating patients who had survived tank shelling, drone strikes, and sniper fire amid Israel's ongoing genocide. When Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis came under siege, Hassan and the MedGlobal doctors he was serving with were forced to flee. "We were evacuated when they bombed just across the street from the hospital [and] tanks were rolling in," Hassan told Truthout."
"But instead of being welcomed like he had been after previous missions to conflict zones in Ukraine and Syria, Hassan soon found himself on the receiving end of a doxxing and harassment campaign. StopAntisemitism, a pro-Israel group that doxxes people it accuses of antisemitism, shared screenshots of some of Hassan's LinkedIn posts to its X account. Hassan said his employer received around 1,500 emailed complaints the day StopAntisemitism posted his information."
Chandra Hassan, an associate professor of surgery at UIC College of Medicine, spent three weeks in Gaza in January 2024 treating survivors of tank shelling, drone strikes, and sniper fire. Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis came under siege, forcing Hassan and MedGlobal doctors to evacuate when tanks and nearby bombing threatened the facility. Returning to Chicago, Hassan advocated for an end to Israel's assault on Gaza, which has killed an estimated 68,000 Palestinians since October 2023, including over 1,500 health care workers. A pro-Israel group, StopAntisemitism, posted Hassan's LinkedIn content and image, prompting about 1,500 emailed complaints to his employer and contributing to a broader campaign of silencing and harassment against more than 15 health care workers in eight states for Palestine-related speech.
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