4 oct 2019
A Palestinian civilian was killed, and 65 others injured, including 25 children, a woman and a paramedic, as a result of Israeli attacks against peaceful protestors at the 77th Great March of Return, this Friday, 04 October 2019.
Israeli forces persisted in the use of excessive lethal force against the protestors, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring dozens, 27 of them sustained live bullet wounds mainly in their upper bodies. PCHR documented an increased use of rubber bullets by Israeli forces as many protestors sustained minor wounds and were treated in the field.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in today’s protests across the five Great March of Return encampments in the Gaza Strip, under the slogan “Reconciliation is the People’s Choice”. The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 213 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,115 were wounded, including 3,051 children, 430 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
At approximately 16:00, Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. At approximately 16:15, dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. At approximately 16:35 on the same day, Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians, who were adjacent to Abu Safiyah Gate.
As a result, ‘Ala’a Nezar ‘Ayesh Hamdan (28), from Beit Hanoun, was shot with a live bullet in the chest and he was transferred via an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to the medical point where medical crews tried to resuscitate him for half an hour, with no avail. At approximately 17:05, Hamdan was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Indonesian Hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 15 minutes later.
According to the statement of the ambulance officers, who transferred him to the medical point, Hamdan was shot in front of the main gate of Abu Safiyah area while he was about 80 – 100 meters west of the border fence. Furthermore, Israeli forces injured 12 civilians, including 9 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 5 were shot with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors.
As a result, 9 civilians were injured, including 6 children: 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 2 with rubber bullets and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quad copter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones, sound bombs and Molotov Cocktails at the Israeli soldiers; the latter responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters at them.
As a result, 15 civilians were injured, including 2 children; 10 civilians were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, firecrackers and Molotov Cocktails. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors, wounding 10 civilians, including 2 children and a paramedic and they were transferred to hospitals: 2 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedic, ‘Ali Abdul ‘Aziz Fuseifes (22), from Bani Suheila, was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.
Rafah:
1500 civilians participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held in addition to commemorating Saher ‘Othman, who was killed in last week’s protests. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, 19 civilians injured, including 6 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 11 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Israeli forces persisted in the use of excessive lethal force against the protestors, killing a Palestinian civilian and injuring dozens, 27 of them sustained live bullet wounds mainly in their upper bodies. PCHR documented an increased use of rubber bullets by Israeli forces as many protestors sustained minor wounds and were treated in the field.
Thousands of Palestinians participated in today’s protests across the five Great March of Return encampments in the Gaza Strip, under the slogan “Reconciliation is the People’s Choice”. The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip, where some protestors attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force.
As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 213 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,115 were wounded, including 3,051 children, 430 women, 245 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
At approximately 16:00, Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. At approximately 16:15, dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. At approximately 16:35 on the same day, Israeli soldiers opened fire at civilians, who were adjacent to Abu Safiyah Gate.
As a result, ‘Ala’a Nezar ‘Ayesh Hamdan (28), from Beit Hanoun, was shot with a live bullet in the chest and he was transferred via an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to the medical point where medical crews tried to resuscitate him for half an hour, with no avail. At approximately 17:05, Hamdan was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Indonesian Hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 15 minutes later.
According to the statement of the ambulance officers, who transferred him to the medical point, Hamdan was shot in front of the main gate of Abu Safiyah area while he was about 80 – 100 meters west of the border fence. Furthermore, Israeli forces injured 12 civilians, including 9 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 5 were shot with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors.
As a result, 9 civilians were injured, including 6 children: 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 2 with rubber bullets and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quad copter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones, sound bombs and Molotov Cocktails at the Israeli soldiers; the latter responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters at them.
As a result, 15 civilians were injured, including 2 children; 10 civilians were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 with rubber bullets, and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, firecrackers and Molotov Cocktails. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at protestors, wounding 10 civilians, including 2 children and a paramedic and they were transferred to hospitals: 2 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 3 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
Moreover, many civilians sustained minor wounds after being hit with rubber bullets and they received medical treatment on the spot. The wounded volunteer paramedic, ‘Ali Abdul ‘Aziz Fuseifes (22), from Bani Suheila, was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.
Rafah:
1500 civilians participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held in addition to commemorating Saher ‘Othman, who was killed in last week’s protests. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, 19 civilians injured, including 6 children; 5 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel, 11 were shot with rubber bullets and 5 were hit with tear gas canisters.
28 sept 2019
On 76th Friday of Great March of Return, A Palestinian civilian was killed and 86 civilians were injured as a result of the Israeli military’s continued use of excessive force against the peaceful protests along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border; 22 children, 4 female paramedics, 5 male paramedics and 2 persons with disabilities were among those injured this Friday, 27 September 2019.
This week witnessed an escalation in the use of excessive force against the proesters as injury of 5 of them deemed serious; one died after hours of his injury while 4, including a child and a female paramedic, are still in a very serious condition.
Further, 40 protestors were shot with live bullets while the Israeli forces escalated their attacks against the medical personnel, which enjoys protection under the international humanitarian law, wounding 9 paramedics, including a female paramedic deemed in a very critical condition.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests under the slogan “al-Aqsa Intifada and Palestinian Prisoners”, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. Protestors, who were near the border fence or hundreds of meters away from it, threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 212 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,056 were wounded, including 3,020 children, 429 women, 244 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment.
Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
As a result, 22 civilians injured, including 10 children; 2 paramedics, 2 persons with disabilities. Among those injured, 8 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 8 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 6 were shot with rubber bullets.
The injured paramedics were identified as ‘Atef Mohammed ‘Ali al-‘Arbid (48), a Civil Defense paramedic who was shot with a rubber bullet to the face, causing a fracture to the upper jaw; and Mohammed Husni ‘Abdulatif al-Haw (23), a Military Medical Services paramedic, who was shot with a rubber bullet to the left hand and treated in the medical point.
Meanwhile, the persons with disabilities were identified as Saber ‘Ali ‘Abdel Qader al-Ashqar (37), a double amputee who was shot with a rubber bullet in the left arm; and Mohammed Nabil ‘Abdullah al-Zaharnah (24), a deaf who was shot with a live bullet to the abdomen.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 12 civilians were injured: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 4 with rubber bullets and 2 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quadcopter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones with slingshots and sound bombs at the Israeli soldiers; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 15 civilians, including a child: 11 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesters, wounding 21 civilians, including 4 children and 7 paramedics; 3 of them were female paramedics. Seven of those wounded were hit with rubber bullets and 14 were directly hit with tear gas canisters, noting that only 9 injuries were referred to hospitals while others received treatment in field due to their minor injuries.
The wounded paramedics were identified as: Saleh Khaled Ahmed al-Haj (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the left eye;
Mohammed Akram Safi (19), who was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Kamal Jawad al-Shahri (24), who was hit with a rubber bullet in the back;
Farhmah Walid al-Najjar (35), who was hit with a teargas canister in the hand;
Ibtisam Mohammed Abu Louli (22), from Rafah and was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Shorouq Sa’id Abu Reidah (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the foot;
and Naser Hisham Mousa (22), who was hit with a rubber bullet to the right hand.
All of them are with the Watan Medical Team except Safi and al-Haj who both are volunteers for the Union of Health Care Committees and Mousa who is a PRCS paramedic.
Rafah:
Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman (20) declared dead in al-Shifa hospital at approximately 21:30 after sustaining serious wounds due to being shot with a bullet in the chest at approximately 17:45.
Further, 16 civilians were injured, including 7 children and a female paramedic deemed in a serious condition in addition to 3 other civilians in the same condition: 15 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 1 with a rubber bullet and with a tear gas canister.
The female paramedic was identified as Sabrin Jaber ‘Abdel Rahim Qeshtah (28), a member of ‘Abdullah Life Pulse Team and was hit with a bullet in the upper extremities and the abdomen. Meanwhile, those seriously wounded were identified as ‘Abdul Halim Sa’id al-‘Abadlah (20), who was hit with a bullet to the lower extremities; Mahmoud Yousif Abu ‘Azoum (14) who was hit with a bullet in the lower extremities and a third one, still unidentified, with a bullet to the neck.
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This week witnessed an escalation in the use of excessive force against the proesters as injury of 5 of them deemed serious; one died after hours of his injury while 4, including a child and a female paramedic, are still in a very serious condition.
Further, 40 protestors were shot with live bullets while the Israeli forces escalated their attacks against the medical personnel, which enjoys protection under the international humanitarian law, wounding 9 paramedics, including a female paramedic deemed in a very critical condition.
The Supreme National Authority of Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege called for today’s protests under the slogan “al-Aqsa Intifada and Palestinian Prisoners”, coinciding with the 19th anniversary of al-Aqsa Intifada.
The protests lasted from 15:00 to 19:00 and involved activities such as speeches by political leaders and theatrical performances. Hundreds of civilians protested at varied distances from the border fence across the Gaza Strip. Protestors, who were near the border fence or hundreds of meters away from it, threw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers at the Israeli forces, who responded with excessive force. As a result, dozens of civilians were directly shot while other suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.
PCHR documented 212 killings by Israel since the outbreak of the protests on 30 March 2018, including 46 children, 2 women, 9 persons with disabilities, 4 paramedics and 2 journalists. Additionally, 14,056 were wounded, including 3,020 children, 429 women, 244 paramedics and 215 journalists, noting that many of those injured had sustained multiple injuries on separate occasions.
The following is a summary of today’s events along the Gaza Strip border:
Northern Gaza Strip:
Hundreds of civilians participated in Abu Safiyah area protests, northeast of Jabalia. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment.
Dozens of protestors approached the border fence, threw stones as well as firecrackers at the Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
As a result, 22 civilians injured, including 10 children; 2 paramedics, 2 persons with disabilities. Among those injured, 8 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 8 were hit with tear gas canisters; and 6 were shot with rubber bullets.
The injured paramedics were identified as ‘Atef Mohammed ‘Ali al-‘Arbid (48), a Civil Defense paramedic who was shot with a rubber bullet to the face, causing a fracture to the upper jaw; and Mohammed Husni ‘Abdulatif al-Haw (23), a Military Medical Services paramedic, who was shot with a rubber bullet to the left hand and treated in the medical point.
Meanwhile, the persons with disabilities were identified as Saber ‘Ali ‘Abdel Qader al-Ashqar (37), a double amputee who was shot with a rubber bullet in the left arm; and Mohammed Nabil ‘Abdullah al-Zaharnah (24), a deaf who was shot with a live bullet to the abdomen.
Gaza City:
Hundreds of protestors took part in eastern Malakah area. Speeches, theatrical performances and other segments were performed at the protest central encampment. Dozens of protestors approached the fence and threw stones with slingshots at Israeli soldiers. The soldiers fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a result, 12 civilians were injured: 6 with live bullets and their shrapnel; 4 with rubber bullets and 2 with teargas canisters.
Central Gaza Strip:
hundreds of civilians, including women and children, took part in the eastern Bureij refugee camp protests; dozens gathered adjacent to the border fence at a range varying between 3 – 300 meters and raised the Palestinian flags. The Israeli soldiers launched a quadcopter to photograph protestors, who had set fire to tires and thrown stones with slingshots and sound bombs at the Israeli soldiers; also, they shot them with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters. The Israeli attacks, which continued until 19:00, resulted in the injury of 15 civilians, including a child: 11 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 2 with rubber bullets and 2 with tear gas canisters.
Khan Younis:
Hundreds participated in Khuza’ah protests. Tens approached the border fence and attempted to throw stones, Molotov Cocktails and firecrackers. Israeli forces fired live and rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesters, wounding 21 civilians, including 4 children and 7 paramedics; 3 of them were female paramedics. Seven of those wounded were hit with rubber bullets and 14 were directly hit with tear gas canisters, noting that only 9 injuries were referred to hospitals while others received treatment in field due to their minor injuries.
The wounded paramedics were identified as: Saleh Khaled Ahmed al-Haj (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the left eye;
Mohammed Akram Safi (19), who was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Kamal Jawad al-Shahri (24), who was hit with a rubber bullet in the back;
Farhmah Walid al-Najjar (35), who was hit with a teargas canister in the hand;
Ibtisam Mohammed Abu Louli (22), from Rafah and was hit with a teargas canister in the back;
Shorouq Sa’id Abu Reidah (21), who was hit with a teargas canister in the foot;
and Naser Hisham Mousa (22), who was hit with a rubber bullet to the right hand.
All of them are with the Watan Medical Team except Safi and al-Haj who both are volunteers for the Union of Health Care Committees and Mousa who is a PRCS paramedic.
Rafah:
Hundreds participated in the eastern Shokah protests, where folklore songs and speeches were held. Dozens approached the border fence and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at the shielded Israeli soldiers, who responded with live and rubber bullets and teargas canisters.
As a result, Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman (20) declared dead in al-Shifa hospital at approximately 21:30 after sustaining serious wounds due to being shot with a bullet in the chest at approximately 17:45.
Further, 16 civilians were injured, including 7 children and a female paramedic deemed in a serious condition in addition to 3 other civilians in the same condition: 15 were shot with live bullets and their shrapnel; 1 with a rubber bullet and with a tear gas canister.
The female paramedic was identified as Sabrin Jaber ‘Abdel Rahim Qeshtah (28), a member of ‘Abdullah Life Pulse Team and was hit with a bullet in the upper extremities and the abdomen. Meanwhile, those seriously wounded were identified as ‘Abdul Halim Sa’id al-‘Abadlah (20), who was hit with a bullet to the lower extremities; Mahmoud Yousif Abu ‘Azoum (14) who was hit with a bullet in the lower extremities and a third one, still unidentified, with a bullet to the neck.
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27 sept 2019
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Scores of Palestinian citizens were wounded on Friday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at the peaceful protesters in the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 63 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition and tear gas canisters, including four medics. Hundreds of Palestinians marched on the 76th Friday of the Great March of Return along the border between the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. video The marchers voiced their rejection of the conspiracies aimed at liquidating |
the Palestinian cause, particularly the Deal of the Century, and the US-backed Israeli settlement policies in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Since the start of the Great March of Return on 30 March 2018, the IOF has killed 324 Palestinians, including children, and injured over 32,000.
Since the start of the Great March of Return on 30 March 2018, the IOF has killed 324 Palestinians, including children, and injured over 32,000.
26 sept 2019
The Ministry of Health reiterated today its rejection of the establishment an American field hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, warning of existence of dubious intentions behind it, while considering it an attempt “to whitewash the Israeli occupation, whose hands are covered with Palestinian blood,” and a step to further separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank.
The Ministry said in a statement that “this project seeks to achieve Israeli goals aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause and fragmenting it, and to create additional justifications for the creation of a mini-state in the Gaza Strip at the expense of Palestinian history and rights.”
It said: “The objectives of this project are known to everyone who can see and think. Israel is the first and last beneficiary as it will prevent Palestinian patients from reaching hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem for treatment.”
The Ministry of Health condemned the claim by the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, Hamas, that this project has no political connotations, stressing that it was part of a political agreement between Hamas, Israel and the US.
It wondered, “Why would the United States, which has cut off support for hospitals in occupied Jerusalem threatening as a result the lives of Palestinian patients, support the establishment of a hospital in the Gaza Strip, unless its real purpose behind it is to harm the Palestinians and harm and destroy their rights?”
It said “the attempt by the de facto authority in Gaza to claim that the project was a support from an 'American institution’ to divert attention from the US administration’s support for it, is nothing but a failed attempt to get out of this impasse.
Any project implemented by any American institution must first get the blessing and approved of the White House.”
The ministry said that “if this project was an innocent one and aims to serve our people, why not develop the existing Gaza Strip hospitals located in all areas of the Gaza Strip, and not in the northern Gaza Strip under the pretext of 'facilitating the movement of its employees to enter and exit from the territory of 1948 (Israel)’?
Is the facilitation of entry and exit of staff, who we do not know anything about their qualifications, nationalities, affiliations and goals, more pressing than facilitating the arrival of patients to the hospitals?”
It added: “If this project was so innocent, why is it being planned in secret without the knowledge of the Ministry of Health, which has carried out projects in the hundreds of millions (of dollars) in the Gaza Strip with the support of the Arab brothers, donor countries and international organizations, and why is this particular project kept secret while hiding the identity of the hospital operator and its staff, especially after the de facto authority in Gaza said that its staff will come to the hospital and leave it to the 1948 territory?”
It said the Ministry of Health is doing all it can, despite the financial crisis it is facing, to meet the needs of the people in the Gaza Strip, especially the various health centers.
The Ministry said in a statement that “this project seeks to achieve Israeli goals aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause and fragmenting it, and to create additional justifications for the creation of a mini-state in the Gaza Strip at the expense of Palestinian history and rights.”
It said: “The objectives of this project are known to everyone who can see and think. Israel is the first and last beneficiary as it will prevent Palestinian patients from reaching hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem for treatment.”
The Ministry of Health condemned the claim by the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, Hamas, that this project has no political connotations, stressing that it was part of a political agreement between Hamas, Israel and the US.
It wondered, “Why would the United States, which has cut off support for hospitals in occupied Jerusalem threatening as a result the lives of Palestinian patients, support the establishment of a hospital in the Gaza Strip, unless its real purpose behind it is to harm the Palestinians and harm and destroy their rights?”
It said “the attempt by the de facto authority in Gaza to claim that the project was a support from an 'American institution’ to divert attention from the US administration’s support for it, is nothing but a failed attempt to get out of this impasse.
Any project implemented by any American institution must first get the blessing and approved of the White House.”
The ministry said that “if this project was an innocent one and aims to serve our people, why not develop the existing Gaza Strip hospitals located in all areas of the Gaza Strip, and not in the northern Gaza Strip under the pretext of 'facilitating the movement of its employees to enter and exit from the territory of 1948 (Israel)’?
Is the facilitation of entry and exit of staff, who we do not know anything about their qualifications, nationalities, affiliations and goals, more pressing than facilitating the arrival of patients to the hospitals?”
It added: “If this project was so innocent, why is it being planned in secret without the knowledge of the Ministry of Health, which has carried out projects in the hundreds of millions (of dollars) in the Gaza Strip with the support of the Arab brothers, donor countries and international organizations, and why is this particular project kept secret while hiding the identity of the hospital operator and its staff, especially after the de facto authority in Gaza said that its staff will come to the hospital and leave it to the 1948 territory?”
It said the Ministry of Health is doing all it can, despite the financial crisis it is facing, to meet the needs of the people in the Gaza Strip, especially the various health centers.
