Posted on 08/07/2014 5:47:55 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Doctors and aid agencies are trying to capitalize on a truce in Gaza to evacuate more wounded Palestinians for life-saving medical treatment in Israel and Jordan.
More than 9,500 Palestinians were wounded during four weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
Ninety of some of the most serious cases have been evacuated through the Erez border crossing since the conflict began, according to Guy Inbar, spokesman for COGAT which is part of the Israeli defence ministry.
He said the wounded had been sent to Israel and Jordan from an Israeli field hospital at Erez.
Medics and the Red Crescent told AFP that two patients were sent to the Arab Israeli town of Nazareth and dozens of others to three hospitals in Jerusalem.
"We are trying to use the 72-hour ceasefire to get more cases from Gaza to ease the pressure there," says Dr Maher Deeb, head of St Joesph's hospital.
His hospital is treating 25 Gazans evacuated by aid agencies in coordination with Israel, which has also set up a medical unit at Erez.
"We're working round the clock. Fifty percent of the cases are critical. Even the stable cases are complicated and need long-term treatment," Deeb tells AFP.
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Has there ever been an article touting an A-rab hospital treating wounded Israelis?
Just curious.
Probably just a PR ploy to make folks think that the Israelis are decent people. Oh, wait. They are decent people. They just want to be left alone and not have to worry about suicide murderers coming through those humanitarian aid tunnels and blowing up their kids. Odd huh?
Dump the scum back in Gaza, and let the Muzzies deal with their own!
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