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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Over 50 Palestinians died in 2017 awaiting Israeli medical permits, WHO says
Some 54 Palestinians died waiting for Israeli visas to travel for medical treatment last year, with only around half of all applications granted, new World Health Organization figures show.
The WHO says it did not have a directly comparable figure for 2016, but Al Mezan Center for Human Rights says it had recorded only a several deaths per annum in previous years.
Gazans require Israeli permits to leave the enclave and travel to Jerusalem or the West Bank for treatment which the Palestinian Authority, the internationally recognized Palestinian government, pays for.
Israel says rigorous checks are necessary for security reasons for those coming from the Palestinian enclave ruled by the Hamas terrorist group.
— AFP
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