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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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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Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Middle East Monitor | Sept 18, 2013 Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a talk show on Egyptian Al-Hayat TV, Kamal attributed the news to “the great [and] successful efforts of the Egyptian […]

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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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Gaza hospitals face fuel shortage: Health Ministry

A Palestinian man awaits dialysis treatment at the kidney section of Shifa hospital in Gaza. (File photo) PressTV | Sun Aug 4, 2013 6:9AM GMT   The Israeli regime imposed land, aerial, and naval blockade on the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after the democratically elected Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas took over the administration […]

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PIF refuses the reconstruction of the American School in the Gaza Strip

[ PIC 23/10/2012 – 06:08 PM ] GAZA,(PIC)– A prominent Palestinian human rights activist revealed that officials in Ramallah authority refused to grant for the reconstruction of the American School in the Gaza Strip. Dr. Eyad Sarraj, head of Gaza Center for Mental Health, said in an article on Monday, that the Palestine investment Fund […]

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Israeli Crimes Without Punishment ~ by Stephen Lendman

October 13, 2012 at 13:38:36 – Stephen Lendman |  OpEdNews Israel literally gets away with murder. by Stephen Lendman Serial criminality against humanity is official Israeli policy. Punishment never follows. Ruthlessness best describes these type abuses. Committing them without accountability is unconscionable. It goes on daily. Western media scoundrels ignore it. Too few people understand […]

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Ministry of Health in Gaza warns of life and death situation due to electricity crisis

MEMO MAR 1 2012 The Deputy Minister of Health in Gaza has issued a warning about the massive problem of electricity cuts in the besieged territory. Dr. Hasan Khalaf described the cuts as a real danger to the already very difficult health conditions in the Gaza Strip. Pointing to the fact that around 100 premature […]

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Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on Israeli settlement approvals

PNN FEB 23 2012 European Union The spokesperson of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton issued the following statement today: “The High Representative is deeply concerned by the approval on 22 February by the Israeli Civil Administration of new construction in the […]

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Factsheet on Gazan Children’s Access to Medical Care ~ by Al Mezan

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 Articles 55 and 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention clearly establish that Israel, as the occupying power, not only has a duty to ensure medical supplies reach hospitals in the OPT, but to ensure and maintain the services of […]

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URGENT ▶ Israel Kills Dialysis in Gaza – 500 Patients Lives Continuously in Danger

Last update: April 26, 2013 Update – Dec 15, 2011 In an urgent appeal Gaza Health ministery urges the PA in Ramallah to assure delivery of dialysis filters type 5 and 6. And immediately the media bias hits the mainstream that the PA itself is preventing the delivery…. as usual very convenient for the zionist […]

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Medical Staff in Gaza protest over shortages

Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:45| MEMO Medical Trade Union has organised a sit-in outside the Dr Abdel-Aziz Al-Rantisi children’s hospital to protest over severe shortages in medical supplies. EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Medical Trade Union has organised a sit-in outside the Dr Abdel-Aziz Al-Rantisi children’s hospital to protest over severe shortages in medical supplies; in over […]

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Ambulance with Patients on Board Delayed at Israeli Checkpoint

Tuesday August 09, 2011 11:33 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies An ambulance carrying victims of a fatal car accident was significantly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. Ambulance Being Blocked by Israeli Soldiers (palsolidarity.org) The Palestinian ambulance carrying victims of the accident to the hospital was delayed at […]

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PLO: Israel Still Veering Off of the “Road Map”

PNN – Palestine News Network – 14.07.11 Ramallah – PNN – The Palestine Liberation Organization admonishes Israel’s actions since the beginning of this year in the latest report issued by the Negotiations Affairs Department. PNN Archive According to the data collected by the department, Israel has shunned its duties as stipulated by the 2002 ‘Road […]

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OIC: Gaza medicine security is dying into crisis which is “the worst of its kind”.

[ 12/07/2011 – 03:25 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (the OIC) said in its monthly report that medical security in Gaza is dying and has plummeted into a crisis which is “the worst of its kind”. The report says the hospitals and medical centers suffer an acute shortage in medicines and […]

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