#CAMPAIGN 4 #GAZA | HELP GAZA TO BEAT THE WATER CRISIS!

“Access to safe water is a fundamental human need & therefore a basic human right.” ~Kofi Annan Sept 2, 2104 | By occpal “Occupied Palestine”-weblog is endorsing the campaign by 3 engineers from Gaza to build a RO desalination plant. You can Help the people of Gaza to find their dignified life, peacefully, and in […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | There’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools in Gaza

PressTV | Published on Aug 31, 2014 Palestinian health officials say there’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools where nearly 22-thousand refugees are sheltering. They say various diseases are spreading among the refugee population due to the lack of water and hygiene. UN agencies are warning that the humanitarian situation is getting […]

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Palestinian ex-detainee dies, another suffers serious health problems after deliberate medical neglect by Israel

[ PIC 31/08/2014 – 02:08 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian ex-detainee Sufiyan Iskafi, 31, was proclaimed dead after he lost his battle with cancer, while the health condition of ex-detainee Naim Shawamreh seriously declined, the Palestinian prisoner society said on Saturday. Director of the society in Al-Khalil Amjad Annajar said that Iskafi was jailed by […]

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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 | Gaza’s health sector on brink of collapse

[ PIC 26/07/2014 – 06:31 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Mohammad Abu Arab has warned, in an exclusive interview with the PIC, that medical services in Gaza city are on the brink of collapse as the Israeli aggression against the Strip continues for the 20th day running, calling for immediate action to save Gaza health […]

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Gaza healthcare services on verge of collapse | #GazaUnderAttack

11-07-2014,10:19 Al Qassam website  (Agencies) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says health services are on the verge of collapse in the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating Israeli attacks.   The UN health agency said on Thursday that Gaza has faced severe shortages in medicines and fuel for hospital generators.   “The recent escalation of […]

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40-year-old prisoner suffers of medical negligence in Israel prison

Archive Al Ray Agencies | Nov 24 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – 40-year-old prisoner, Sherif Abu Wadei suffers from a bad health conditions ; Israel Prison Service (IPS) procrastinates  in providing the necessary  medical treatment for him, the Association of Palestinian prisoners, Hossam , reported on Sunday. Abu Wadei ,  detained in Israel’s Nafha prison,  suffered […]

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Palestinian prisoners threaten to escalate protests against medical neglect

[ PIC 18/11/2013 – 08:04 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoners, including patients, in Israeli jails threatened to take protest steps soon to pressure the Israeli prison authority to end its medical neglect policy against them. Ragheb Abu Dyak, head of the popular committee for the support of prisoners in Jenin city, said in […]

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IOA refuses to allow treatment of university lecturer Dr. Abdulsattar Qassem in Jerusalem

[ PIC 05/11/2013 – 10:21 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) refused to allow treatment of Dr. Abdulsattar Qassem, a lecturer of political science at Najah university, in Jerusalem. He said in a terse statement on Monday that the IOA refused to give him permission to enter Jerusalem for medical treatment. He […]

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Family of Jerusalemite captive Da’na appeals to save his life

[ PIC 05/11/2013 – 12:36 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Family of Jerusalemite captive Ali Da’na, 35, appealed to all health institutions and human rights organizations to immediately intervene to save the life of its son, who has been suffering from serious health problems for many years. Ali has been arrested 3 times, the last of […]

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Electricity outage has serious impacts on Health: Minister of Health

Minister of Health, Mufeed al- Makhllaty Al Ray Agencies | Nov 4, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – ” Health and humanitarian conditions in Gaza are  at risk due to electricity outage  across the Gaza Strip,” Minister of Health,  Mufeed al- Makhllaty warned on Monday. He said in a press statement   that the stop of  functioning of […]

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28 year old Palestinian prisoner Salem Kassab loses sight due to medical neglect

[ PIC 28/10/2013 – 04:34 PM ] JENIN, GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) in Jenin, warned on Sunday of the deterioration of the health status of prisoner Salem Kassab, aged 28 from the village of Kafrdan west of Jenin, who lost sight in one of his eyes. Ragheb Abu Diak, Secretary of the PPS, […]

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Israeli prison administration refuses to provide treatment for patient captive

[ PIC 27/10/2013 – 06:55 PM ] AL-KHALIL, RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahla, who is detained in Eshel jail and suffers from hepatitis, appealed for providing him with the appropriate treatment . Halahla said: “I am not asking for my release. My only demand is to be given the appropriate medicine for my […]

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Hundreds of Gazan kidney patients face death

[ PIC 26/10/2013 – 03:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza Strip warned on Saturday that hundreds of kidney failure patients were in danger of death due to the acute shortage in medicines and other consumables used in the dialysis process. For his part, director of kidney department in the Shifa […]

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Halahleh’s father calls for his release | @Ufreenetwork @MSF_USA @ICRC @Amnesty @PHR_IL

[ PIC 23/10/2013 – 11:56 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The father of the prisoner Thaer Halahleh, from Kharas village near al-Khalil, appealed on Wednesday to all human rights institutions to intervene to get his son released in light of his sharp health deterioration. Haj Halahleh told the PIC reporter that his son was transferred from […]

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