[News] Israel Prevents Urgent Medical Equipment from Entering Gaza

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Israel
Prevents Urgent Medical Equipment from Entering Gaza
January 24, 2022
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Palestinian medics in Gaza city convert an empty mosque into a COVID-19
testing center.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

Israeli occupation authorities have prevented medical equipment and spare
parts from entering the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of
Health in Gaza said on Sunday.

Speaking at a press conference held near the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing –
north of Gaza – Director of the Medical Imaging Unit at the Ministry of
Health, Ibrahim Abbas, said:

“The Israeli occupation prevents Palestinians from accessing proper
treatment inside and outside Gaza.”

The Beit Hanoun crossing is the main passage between the besieged enclave,
Israel and the occupied West Bank. It is controlled by Israel, which has
been imposing a strict siege on Gaza since 2007.

Abbas said that Israeli occupation authorities have been preventing the
entry of important diagnostic equipment and components of the oxygen
generation plant, which is urgently needed for most medical centers across
the besieged enclave.

He stressed that the Israeli occupation authorities have been adopting the
policy of “slow death” against patients in the Gaza Strip.

Abbas pointed out that the Israeli occupation is carrying out such
violations against the healthcare sector in Gaza while the world is
battling against the spread of the coronavirus.

*(MEMO, PC, Social Media)*


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