Tag Archives: excess death

Deliberate medical negligence: Palestinian prisoner patients launch distress signal

[ PIC 20/08/2014 – 12:03 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison authority has been dragging its feet vis-à-vis Palestinian prisoner patients held in al-Ramla prison clinic, denying them urgent medical check-ups and needed therapy. Prisoner Riyadh al-Amour, serving 11 back-to-back life sentences, said following a visit paid by lawyers at the Palestinian Prisoner Society: […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel does not allow injured Gazans leave the enclave

 PressTV | Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:20PM GMT The Israeli regime’s prolonged blockade of the war-torn Gaza Strip is taking its toll on many wounded Palestinians who are in urgent need of treatment outside the Palestinian enclave. A nine-year-old Palestinian girl was admitted to Gaza’s Shifa Hospital more than three weeks ago after being paralyzed […]

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Dearth of Egypt fuel threatens Gaza’s farmlands

Gaza’s ongoing electricity crisis has also worsened since the smuggling tunnels stopped operating, depriving the strip’s roughly 1.7 million inhabitants of badly-needed Egyptian fuel World Bulletin/News Desk | Oct 22, 2013 The tomatoes, cucumbers and eggplants that 52-year-old Gazan farmer Hassan Abd Rabo has been growing in his 9,000-square-meter farm are becoming drier, as yellow […]

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Khudari: The human life in Gaza threatened by real service problems

[ PIC 07/10/2013 – 10:15 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of the popular committee against the siege Jamal Al-Khudari said the problems of water, electricity and sanitation are three strategic core issues threatening the human life and the future of the population in the Gaza Strip. In a press statement to the Palestinian information center […]

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Palestinian Health Minister in Gaza: Lift siege or patients may die

BREAKING Wael Abu-Saada, 40 yo,died of his illness today after he was denied access to medical help in Jordan due to the continuous closure of Rafah. — Belal Dabour – Gaza (@Belalmd12) September 24, 2013 Tuesday September 24, 2013 08:33 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After the new Egyptian government decided to close the […]

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Al Mezan: Israel exploits the need of Palestinian patients

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 11, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Israel exploits the need of patients to travel and uses the crossings as a trap, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported. It noted that the Israeli military forces escalated its measures against Palestinian patients and their escorts who travel through Erez Crossing. According to […]

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SLOW DEATH: International report says collective punishment of Gaza has reached critical stage – Incl. Full Report

Middle East Monitor | Sept 5, 2013 Two months after the military coup in Egypt, the Gaza Strip continues to live through the worst shortages of medical equipment and fuel as well as difficulties on movement in and out of the Strip, a report issued by three international organisations said. EuroMid Observer for Human Rights […]

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Sewage Hits drinking water in the refugee Camp of Shati

DRAH | Sept 2, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps) — The Palestinian refugees have been suffering since 65 years, when the Palestinians were plagued with NAKBA. Residents of the Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza, particularly people of the area of “Block 4” complained recently of pollution of drinking water with sewage. They also suffer […]

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URGENT ▶ Silent Genocide: Lives of 360 Gaza patients in danger

Al Ray | Aug 6, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday  announced  in a statement that closing Rafah crossing put lives of 360 patients in danger. The statement explained  that these patients have official reference documentation to be treated abroad, but closing Rafah crossing by the Egyptian authorities prevented them […]

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VIDEO | Palestinian woman was died after banning ambulance to treat her by Israeli occupation force

Related: Apartheid Israel & over 60 years of racism, war, theft & Palestinian genocide Related: The Facts About (Human) Cost of Occupation by Israel J Wednesday May 14, 2008 – 00:31| BellaCiao |   Dr Gideon Polya The fundamental messages from the World War 2 Jewish Holocaust (6 million victims, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation) […]

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VIDEO | Gaza health sector hard hit by Egypt’s security clampdown ~ by @PressTV

Related: Israel Kills by Infringement of Health Care – The Facts Published on Jul 3, 2013 Egyptian authorities have tightened security along the Gaza border amid ongoing unrest in Egypt. The measure, however, has made the life of about 1.7 million Gazans miserable. They have been suffering the consequences with shortages of fuel and other […]

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More death due to the Israeli siege on Gaza: 26 year old Mousa Ghunaim killed in tunnel collapse

Maan News Agency | May 18, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man was killed on Saturday when a smuggling tunnel in Rafah collapsed, a Gaza medical official said. Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma’an that Mousa Ghunaim, 26, was pronounced dead on arrival at a Gaza hospital after a tunnel collapsed while he was working. In […]

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Shocking official statistics offer revealing glimpse of Palestinian life

MEMO | April 5, 2013 A report from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has shown that around half of the Palestinian population is under 18 years old, equating to 2.04 million young people. The total population in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2012 was 4.29 million.PCBS Director Ola Awad said that the results […]

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More excess death due to Israel’s Siege: 20-yr old Mohammad Ahmad al-Sarhi killed in eastern Gaza

Maan News Agency | March 28, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of Hamas’ armed wing died Thursday during a mission in eastern Gaza, medical officials and witnesses said. Mohammad Ahmad al-Sarhi, 20, from the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, was killed in a tunnel collapse, and three other people were wounded, health ministry […]

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More Excess-Death by Israel’s Policies: WHO Report – Gaza Patient Dies at Crossing on Way to Israeli Hospital

SILENCED GENOCIDE: “ISRAEL MURDERS BY DEPRIVATION OF HEALTHCARE” Photo: MaanImages/Mamoun Wazwaz PNN | Thursday, 28 February 2013 09:50 A 41-year-old diabetic patient, infected with the H1N1 virus and in critical condition, died in the security area inside Erez terminal between the Gaza Strip and Israel minutes after he was placed in an Israeli ambulance, a […]

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