Amid Conflict, a Palestinian and a Jewish Doctor Find the Humanity in Medicine

Dr. David Hasan and Dr. Seth Cohen come from different backgrounds. Hasan is Palestinian, Cohen is Jewish. But after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel and military response in Gaza by Israel, they both had the same impulse: to help.

Hasan, a neurosurgeon, traveled to Gaza with 17 other physicians to provide lifesaving care. Cohen, an otolaryngologist, and head and neck surgeon, traveled to Israel to bear witness to the tragedy’s aftermath and