Twenty Gaza children travel to Latvia for treatment
16 June 2009
Ramallah - Ma'an - Twenty Palestinian children who were injured during last winter's Israeli offensive against Gaza will head to Latvia on Monday for medical treatment.The Palestinian president's office...
Former US President Carter: Gazans "are literally starving"
15 June 2009
Ma'an/Agencies - Former US President Jimmy Carter on Sunday condemned Israel's "maltreatment of the people in Gaza, who are literally starving and have no hope at this time."
"According to...
Official: Free Gaza Movement to send two aid ships to Gaza
15 June 2009
(Xinhua) -- The United States-based Free Gaza Movement will dispatch two aid boats to the Gaza Strip from Cyprus, a Palestinian official said Sunday.
The ships will sail from Larnaca...
Gaza: No Right to Life. Collaborate or Die
12 June 2009
Guardian film examines the difficulties Palestinians in Gaza face to access medical treatment abroad.
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Smile on the Face of the Tiger
12 June 2009
John Pilger - At 7.30 in the morning on 3 June, a seven-month-old baby died in the intensive care unit of the European Gaza Hospital in the Gaza Strip....
Gaza's hospitals short of surgeons and supplies
12 June 2009
One of the most densely populated places on earth only has two cardiac surgeons to serve its entire population.
According to Dr. Nasser Tatter, head of Shifa hospital's cardiology unit,...
Swine Flu arrives in West Bank
11 June 2009
Maan News - The first case of H1N1 Virus, better known as Swine Flu, was documented in Bethlehem Wednesday, said Health Ministry official Dr As'ad Ar-Ramlawi. The infected individual...
MAP Delivers Items to Childrens Hospital in Gaza
10 June 2009
List of Neonatal Equipment delivered to Al Nasser Hospital and other neonatal units across the Gaza Strip
Quantity
Equipment
Supplier
10
General Monitors
Lemix
10
Pulse Oximeters
Intermed
2
Infant Laryngoscopes
Amie
10
Ambo bags - Neonatal and infant sizes (5 of each)
Sittco
4
Electronic...
Israeli Army conducts limited offensive in Gaza
10 June 2009
IMEMC - Palestinian sources in Gaza reported on Tuesday morning that Israeli Navy ships and infantry brigades conducted a limited offensive in the Gaza Strip. During the attack several...
73 Gaza children to receive trauma counseling in Poland
9 June 2009
Gaza, Maan- Seventy-three Palestinian children left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing on Monday morning en route to Poland where they will receive trauma counseling for the affects...
Chronic Disease under Occupation
8 June 2009
Palestine Monitor - It is easy to understand how devastating it is for a young person to suddenly discover that he or she has a serious disease. Hence, it...
Palestinian psychologists: 98% of Gaza children lost security due to war on Gaza
8 June 2009
GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian psychologists have warned Wednesday that 98% of the Palestinian children in Gaza Strip were suffering of psychological traumas, and feel unsafe due to the brutal Israeli...
Mud, mud, glorious mud. Nothing quite like it for beating the Israeli blockade
8 June 2009
On the one hand it's the ultimate in "de-development." But on the other it's a testament to Gazan ingenuity which has somehow been undimmed by three bloody weeks of...
Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem
5 June 2009
At around 7.30am on 3 June 2009, seven-month-old Zein Ad-Din Mohammed Zu'rob died in the intensive care unit at European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis. Medical sources at the...
President Obama's Cairo Speech
5 June 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over...
Rebuilding lives, healing minds
4 June 2009
WHO - Mental health experts and other caregivers are helping to rebuild the lives of the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million people many of whom are suffering enormous stress, injuries...
UN war investigators arrive in Gaza
3 June 2009
A United Nations team has arrived in the Gaza Strip to investigate possible war crimes and other violations of international law during Israel's assault on the territory earlier this...
UN: Israel exclusion zone eats up 30% of Gaza's arable land
3 June 2009
Maan News - Israel's military "buffer zone" along the eastern and northern edge of the Gaza Strip eats up 30% of the territory's arable land, the United Nations said...
Children from Gaza back home with prosthesis
2 June 2009
Most of these children were amputated in emergency situation and the stumps were not in good shape. The group brought by PCRF (Palestinian Children Relief Fund) and sponsored by...
Egypt-OPT: Gaza aid inefficiencies, bottlenecks
2 June 2009
IRIN - The lack of proper warehousing facilities in the northeastern Egyptian cities of Al-Arish and Rafah is partly to blame for bottlenecks and inefficiencies in delivering food and...
