Summary
One of the two main presenters and organisers, with Feroze Sidhwa, of the Palestinian American Medical Association letter to President Biden, whose claim that 70-75 percent of the people he operated on were elementary-school age or younger Debunking the Genocide Allegations tests against the Gaza Ministry of Health’s own figures for his hospital (Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, PDF p.96, p.98).
Details
- Pearlmutter and Feroze Sidhwa are described as openly associated with the PAMA medical mission to Gaza and as initially describing their arrival, with others, as organised by PAMA; not all signatory doctors arrived under PAMA’s auspices (PDF p.96, note 331).
- His quoted claim: “Overwhelmingly, our victims were children. I would say 70–75% of the people we operated on were elementary school age or younger.” (PDF p.98)
- Against it the work sets GMOH’s own figures for the hospital where he volunteered, as of May 3: 1,264 children’s injuries, 1,581 women’s injuries and 3,797 men’s injuries — children 16 percent of the injured, not 75 percent (PDF p.98). The surname is spelled “Pearlmutter” at PDF p.96 and “Perlmutter” at PDF p.98, as printed; see the source page’s Open questions.
Related pages
Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, Palestinian American Medical Association, Gaza Ministry of Health