Politics‘Healthcare, not bombs’: How Gaza shaped Adam Hamawy’s path to Congress

Former army surgeon and Gaza volunteer Adam Hamawy won election to the US Congress from New Jersey, becoming the state’s first Muslim American congressman. He said medical missions to Gaza in 2024 and 2025 made it impossible to return to normal life and led him into politics; his campaign platform was “healthcare not bombs.”

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