‘American Doctor’ highlights story of Chicago physician fighting for Palestinians in Gaza and back home

As the father of two young daughters, Dr. Thaer Ahmad sees his own children when he treats Palestinians wounded in the Israel-Hamas war. “I’m a Palestinian who wants to see babies that look like my babies not be killed anymore,” he says in the new documentary, “American Doctor,” which opens this week in Chicago. The film, directed by Malaysian-born, New York-based Poh Si Teng, follows three American doctors who have gone on international humanitarian missions, visiting 10 different countries…