- 28 mrt 2008
Bilal al-Astal,23
A Qassam fighter killed by Israeli army in southern Gaza
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Rabee' Hassan, 23
Murad Khader, 23
aL-Aqsa martyrs brigades mourn two of their members in Gaza
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IOF killed 6 activists
of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 5 others in 4 separate attacks in al-Qarara village in the south, Beit Lahia and Jabalya town in the north, and Deir al-Balah town in the center. Additionally, IOF wounded a Palestinian farmer in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Yunis
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Yusuf Wasim Mushtaha, 2 months,
of Gaza City, Gaza, died of kidney disease after Israel denied him permission to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment
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Abdullah Ahmad AlwhYahya Hassan Al-Barrak
Two Palestinian resistance fighters killed by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza
Human Rights group: the Israeli army killed 126 Palestinians in the month of March 2008
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Gaza patients die as Israel denies treatment
"Tragedies that could and should have been avoided," was how Ambrogio Manenti, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Jerusalem, described the cases of Palestinian patients who died while awaiting medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
"Tragedies that could and should have been avoided," was how Ambrogio Manenti, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Jerusalem, described the cases of Palestinian patients who died while awaiting medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
A new report by the WHO on 1 April describes in detail five cases of patients who died either while awaiting an Israeli permit to exit the enclave or after having been denied one. Another 27 cases of patients unable to receive specialized care outside Gaza are also documented in the booklet.
Manenti chose to read to reporters the case of Amir al-Yazji, aged nine, who died from meningoencephalitis -- an inflammation of the brain and central nervous system -- while waiting.
However, the reasons for the lack of access to treatment go beyond just the Israeli permit system, the WHO said.
Strikes in recent years in the health sector; Israeli restrictions on imports to Gaza affecting the ability of the medical sector to bring in spare parts, medicines and other items; and the Islamist Hamas"s takeover of Gaza which affected coordination efforts -- all come on top of a pre-existing need in the occupied Palestinian territory to refer patients abroad for tertiary care, as in many cases the treatments are not available locally.
The referrals abroad depend on Israel authorizing the patients" departure. Since the Hamas takeover in June 2007, the Rafah crossing to Egypt has been mostly closed, meaning more and more patients need to leave through the northern Erez crossing with Israel.
In Amir"s case, the authorization was given too late, and he died just before being allowed out.
While Israel is currently allowing in more patients through Erez than it did before 2007, the proportional percentage of patients denied access has risen exponentially, the WHO said. In January 2006, only three percent were denied, while in December 2007 that number rose to 36 percent.
"The opening of the Rafah crossing, from a health perspective, is very important," said WHO"s Manenti.
Israel blames Hamas
"Many of those denied access to Israel for security reasons, are able to leave to Egypt or Jordan using a bus, secured by Israeli security forces," Col Nir Press from the Israeli liaison office in Gaza told IRIN. He blamed the Hamas regime in Gaza for much of the territory"s problems.
In response to the case of Amir, Press said the information provided by the WHO was not accurate, and that coordination problems on the Palestinian side are what prevented the child from accessing treatment in time. He also said that in other cases patients might have failed to show up or other issues, unrelated to Israel, emerged, causing the patients not to receive care.
In general, Israel says patients are only denied access on security grounds, though some patients have complained they have been forced to collaborate with Israel or be denied exit from the Strip, a claim the Israeli authorities reject.
Any improvements to the enclave"s health system require imports as well as access for humanitarian aid workers, both of which are hampered by the blockade on Gaza.
Manenti said three of his staff were prevented from leaving Gaza to attend a press conference in Jerusalem for the launch of the new report, and similar problems have been raised with regard to obtaining Israeli permits for professionals to enter the embattled territory.
A Human Rights Watch representative said Israel maintained "effective control over the Gaza Strip" and therefore it "must provide for the well being and welfare of the population."
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Muhammad Ihab Haniya Zaqout, 14 months
Etaf Zaqout, 52
Number of Palestinian civilians died from Israeli closure jumped to 124
of Gaza City, Gaza, died of a heart defect after Israel denied him permission four times to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment for "security reasons" and threatened to destroy his medical file if additional requests were made.
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Ra'fat Mohammad Mansur, 33
Army invades Gaza Strip, one Palestinian killed, another injured
IOF killed a Palestinian farmer
and wounded his nephew in Jabalya town.
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Abdullah Bahar, 5
A five-year-old child killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza Strip
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Sharif Bajas Farid Eshtayeh, 15,
of Salem, near Nablus, killed by an Israeli settler bus while riding a donkey and shepherding livestock on a settler by-pass road to the Alon Moreh settlement that crosses the Beit Dajan Plain.
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Mahmoud Ibrahim Hamadein, 16,
of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of cancer after Israel denied him permission to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment.
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Mohammed Fayez Shamieh
IOF killed 2 activists
of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 2 others during incursions into al-Qarara village and Jabalya town
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Awad Al Tahrawy (Abu Eyad), 45
Mohammad Shamiya, 23
Fighter killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza
Palestinian Resistance Fighter and an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza
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Ahmad Nasr Musbah al-Gharabli, 16,
of Al-Shejaya, near Gaza City, Gaza, killed, with his uncle, by an IDF shell while in his uncle's home.
Three Palestinian civilians including two children were killed - 9 apr 2008
Mohammad Ali Abu Jabah
Atif Al Gharabily
Ahmad Al Gharabily
IOF killed 4 Palestinian civilian and an activist
of the Palestinian resistance in less than 5 hours in a series of attacks against the east of Gaza City, after activists of the Palestinian resistance had killed 2 Israelis near Nahal Ouz crossing, east of Gaza City.
Additionally, 11 Palestinians, including 2 children, were wounded.
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Maria 9 apr 2008
Mazin Abu Al Qommez
Ismail Abu Al Nassr
Eight killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
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Maria 11 apr 2008
Mohammed Ahmed al-NajjarAmin Mahmoud al-NajjarMohammad Mustafa NajjarOmar Ahmed Abu Giap
Two Palestinian fighters killed in southern Gaza as Israeli tanks roll into Buraij
IMEMC reporter in Gaza: Four killed in northern Gaza by the army fire, ambulance can't reach them
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Maria 11 apr 2008
Riad Sharif Muhammad al-Awaisi, 11,
Dia Ayish Yusuf al-Awawdeh, 14, Shehab Ahmed Mohammed Abu Zubaydah 17Jihad Mohammad Salem Abu Zubaydah 19
Jihad-ShehabShehab
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Maria 11 apr 2008
Riyadh Al Owisy, 12
Yousef Sarhan, 13
Shihab Abu Rabee’, 17
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Maria 11 apr 2008
Yousef Al Mighari, 17
Jihad Abu Zbeid, 19
Abdul-Raziq Nofal, 19
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Maria 11 apr 2008
Nine Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday, 28 wounded
IOF killed 2 activists
of the Palestinian resistance in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Yunis.
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Maria 12 apr 2008
Bashir Omar Hamou, 6 months,
Yusuf Ibrahim Muhammad Sarhan, 14
Khaled Abdul-Nasr Mahmoud Abdul-Hadi, 17,
of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during an incursion.
Bashir of Gaza City, Gaza, died of heart disease after Israel denied him permission to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment.
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Maria 13 apr 2008
Abdullah Mahmoud Salman
child
Explosive left by the army during training kills one child in southern Hebron Hills
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Maria 14 apr 2008
Suhha Al Jumbass, 22
Ibrahim Mahmoud Ibrahim Abu 'Alba 44
Young Palestinian woman dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
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Maria 15 apr 2008
Muhammad Ziad al-Ajala, 63 days,
Nuralhuda Khamis al-Kilani, 7 months,
Muhammad of Gaza City, Gaza, died of an atrioventricular septal heart defect at al-Nasr Pediatric Hospital in Gaza City after he was twice denied entry to Israel to receive medical treatment.
Nuralhuda of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, died of an unspecified illness after Israel denied him permission to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment.
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Maria 15 apr 2008
Karam Qasim Akram Wadiya 22Mohamed Tawfik Ahmed Helles 23Abdullah Mohammed Ghussein 39
4 activists of the Palestinian resistance were killed
and 4 others were wounded during armed clashes with IOF troops that moved into al-Shoja’eya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.
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Maria 15 apr 2008
Ibrahim Abu Elba, 43
An Israeli air strike kills a Palestinian fighter in northern Gaza
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Maria 16 apr 2008
IOF killed 13 Palestinian civilians,
including 8 children and a journalist, and wounded 32 others, including 17 children, a journalist and a woman, during an incursion into Juhor al-Dik village in the central Gaza Strip.
Gaza: Six Palestinians; three Israeli soldiers killed in separate incidents
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Maria 16 apr 2008
Abdullah Al Ghsein
Fighter killed, three Palestinians injured in Jabalia