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| Not one Gazan at Rafah crossing despite Egyptian promise to treat wounded, country to send medical supplies instead |
| 2008-12-28 |
| Ma'an -- Not a single Gazan turned up at Rafah crossing Saturday despite an Egyptian promise to open the crossing and accept wounded Palestinians for treatment in Egyptian Hospitals. Between three and six hundred Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes throughout the day, and Palestinian hospitals have almost entirely run out of medical supplies. The dead were carried home in cardboard boxes because Gaza City hospitals ran out of sheets. Palestinian medical sources said mild to moderate cases were turned away for lack of doctors and supplies, and reported bodies in hallways after morgues filled up. Despite Egypt's offer to accept wounded Gazans medical sources said the condition of most of the injured was too fragile to make the trip to Rafah. Only if Egypt sent helicopters would the majority of serious cases be able to accept the offer, said Head of Emergency and Ambulance Services in the Ministry of Health Muawiya Hassanain. Hassanain appealed to Arab states to send medical supplies so cases could be treated without being moved, and Saturday night Egypt made a second promise to send four loads of medical supplies to Gaza hospitals. The caretaker Ministry of Health praised the Egyptian stance and Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli called on the international community to continue supplying Gaza with medical equipment to ensure civilians get treatment and the number of casualties is reduced. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I would treat them only if they are detained outside of Gaza, not sending them back to take pot shot out of their recovery beds. |
| Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 2008-12-28 21:23 |
| #1 Try laying down a few artillery salvos where the tunnels are and see how many stream across all of a sudden. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-28 02:49 |