Gaza: Palestinians are dying amid lethal evacuation delays
25 October 2024
(Gaza City, Gaza Strip) – Palestinian officials say that dozens of Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip in recent months due to delays in evacuating them to hospitals outside the territory for urgent medical care.
The Israeli authorities, which control the borders of the Gaza Strip, have been accused of delaying or denying permits for patients to leave the territory for medical treatment. In some cases, patients have died while waiting for approval to cross the border.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 54 Palestinians have died since the beginning of the year due to delays in evacuating them from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment. The majority of these patients were suffering from cancer, kidney failure, or other serious illnesses.
The Israeli authorities have defended their policy of controlling the borders of the Gaza Strip, saying that it is necessary to prevent the movement of weapons and militants into the territory. However, human rights groups have condemned the Israeli policy, saying that it is causing unnecessary suffering and death among the Palestinian population.
One of the most recent cases of a Palestinian dying due to an evacuation delay was that of a 16-year-old girl named Samah Abu Salah. Samah was suffering from leukemia and needed to be evacuated to a hospital in Israel for urgent medical treatment. However, the Israeli authorities delayed her permit for several days, and she died while waiting to cross the border.
Samah’s death has sparked outrage among Palestinians and human rights groups. The Palestinian Authority has called on the international community to pressure Israel to end its policy of delaying evacuations for medical treatment.
The United Nations has also expressed concern about the issue of evacuation delays in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said that “the denial or delay of medical evacuations is a violation of international law.”
Mladenov called on the Israeli authorities to “immediately and unconditionally allow all patients who need medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip to leave the territory.”
Gaza: Palestinians are dying amid lethal evacuation delays
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