Wounded Gaza civilians treated in Israel

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A seven-year-old Gazan boy who suffered a serious head wound in Israel's retaliatory air strikes was rushed through the Erez crossing and taken to Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva on Wednesday.

The boy whose transfer was facilitated by the Peres Peace Center, was in a critical condition in the intensive care unit.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, which favors the transfer of Gaza civilians hurt in the bombings, said the Palestinian Authority is unwilling to pay for their medical care in Israel because Hamas is responsible. The PHR-Israel has urged the PA to facilitate such transfers immediately and argue later about who would finance the treatment to save their lives.

A total of three wounded civilian children have been transferred during the past two days via the Erez Crossing, with help from UNRWA, while 20 Gazans suffering from serious illnesses were allowed through on Wednesday for treatment in Israeli hospitals.

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1. Wounded Gazans Denied Transfers to Israeli Hospitals

Wounded residents of Gaza have been withheld urgent medical treatment because the Palestinian Authority refuses to transfer them to Israeli hospitals, the Forward has learned.

When doctors at Shifa Hospital in Gaza found out that requests to move five seriously ill patients to Israel had been refused, they presumed that Israeli officials were behind the decision.

It transpired that the Israeli army, which runs the Erez crossing from Gaza to Israel, was letting through wounded people and others in need of medical treatment. The reason some patients were not allowed transfer to Israel was a Palestinian Authority decision that all wounded people must be treated in Egypt. This included patients like the five in question, who required specialist attention available only in Cairo, eight hours from Gaza, and were not in a position to make the trip.

More at:
http://www.forward.com/articles/14832/

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2. When will Palestinians ever learn to just trust the Israelis.