Update [1/28/2025]:
The medical mission team, including Denver-based pediatrician Dr. Mohammed Kuziez, has successfully made it to the south of Gaza and is on their way back.
A group of American healthcare professionals on a medical mission have been refused exit from northern Gaza by Israeli authorities. The group includes Denver pediatrician Mohammed Kuziez.
Their mission, which was authorized by Israeli authorities, began with clearance to enter Gaza on January 9th, 2024, and was scheduled to end with their safe departure on January 22nd, 2025.
However, Israeli authorities have since denied their requests to move south, preventing them from exiting northern Gaza. The group includes 11 U.S. citizens and three surgeons with scheduled procedures for American patients back home on Monday, January 27, 2025.
The Israeli blockade preventing their movement from northern to southern Gaza has placed their lives at imminent risk amid heavy bombardment despite an ongoing ceasefire. This is not only a humanitarian crisis but an urgent matter of life and death.
Please send a letter to your representatives now to demand they act and intervene to guarantee the safe exit of this trapped medical mission.