With Gaza devoid of medical care, the critically ill must travel to Israel. There they are asked to comply with Israeli intelligence before treatment. Become a hated informer? Or refuse and wait to die?
With Gaza blockaded, only a fortunate few are able to get through Erez crossing, the only passenger crossing that remains between Gaza and Israel. "It took 6 months to secure a permit for my daughter", says Majed, whose daughter needs an urgent operation.
Even after securing a permit the struggle isnt over. Once in Israel, desperate and weak patients like 27 year old Khitam are often subjected to rigorous cross-examination. "When I finally went in I was interrogated for 2 hours", Khitam says, "they asked me about the resistance, gave me a pen and paper and asked for names".
Since the war, Israeli intelligence has used Palestinian informers to target militant leaders, especially those involved in Hamas. When Khitam told the intelligence that she didnt know anything, that she had spent the last 9 months lying in a hospital bed, they accused her of being involved in Hamas and sent her back to Gaza. "I will die, that's it. Theres nothing else I can do", she says frankly.
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kulpimssays...*promote
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demon_ixsays...The extreme security measures at the border crossings, including those of ambulances and clearly sick patients are the result of incidents such as this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akuv_TFIoOY
This other incident involves a woman who has received treatment several times in Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, and on her last visit, however, she was recruited by one of the terrorist organizations, and was set up with explosive pants, to try and kill the very people who helped her in the hospital. Not soldiers, mind you. She was headed to kill her doctors, and any patient in the hospital unlucky enough to be caught in the blast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ONpV3kQDMw
Asking people to make that impossible choice is wrong, but as I see it, that's the only reason travel to Israeli hospitals is still an option for people in Gaza, given the fact that Hamas, the Jihad and other organizations have no qualms about using even pregnant women to conceal weapons and explosives.
This story is far from being the one-sided brutal oppression tale this article makes it out to be.
Also, I won't edit your tags, but tagging this "Zionism" is as meaningless as adding it to the Islam channel.
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