[Correspondence] Health care under fire: the need for medical leadership

AI Summary

The calls to boycott the Israeli Medical Association amid the continual destruction in southern Lebanon raise critical issues about leadership of healthcare in war zones and the protection of medical personnel and facilities during conflict.

The World Report, which discusses calls to boycott the Israeli Medical Association,1 and the insightful Perspective, written amid the ongoing destruction of southern Lebanon by Israel's Government,2 prompt fundamental questions about the role of medical leadership in times of war, crimes against humanity, and direct targeting of hospitals and medical personnel.3