About a half-dozen doctors who recently returned from providing medical care in the Gaza Strip have urged the Biden administration to impose an immediate arms embargo on Israel, saying that without one, the US remains complicit in the bloodshed that has devastated the coastal enclave, Anadolu reports.

Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Dr Tammy Abughanim said the result of Israel’s over 10-month offensive “has been to make life literally impossible for a civilian in Gaza right now”.

“When I say we cannot afford one more day of this, and when they tell me we cannot afford one more day of this, it is quite literally true,” Abughanim said, recalling conversations she held with Gazans during her recent trip there.

“For the good of the Palestinians, for the good of the United States, for the good of Israel, for the good of Judaism and indeed, for the good of international law and all of humanity, please stop arming Israel.”

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