Egypt opens border to sick, wounded Gazans
Middle East Online
11 Maggio 2008
550 patients in 40 Palestinian ambulances, five trucks to finally get treatment in Egypt
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the besiged Gaza Strip on Saturday to allow hundreds of Palestinians to leave the territory for advanced medical treatment.
"We will transport 550 patients in 40 Palestinian ambulances and five trucks. All of them have official medical referrals from the health ministry," said the director of Gaza emergency services, Dr. Muawiya Hassanein.
The patients include 200 people wounded in Israeli military operations and 70 children under the age of 16, he said.
A senior Hamas official confirmed that the …
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