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Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggX78Tni5cM0rtJOnMItFBDKOX4AD9CGA1880

Palestinians Fake Cancer to Flee Blockaded Gaza

(AP) Diaa Hadid - Several thousand Palestinians have succeeded in fleeing Gaza this year using bribes and fake medical reports. Of more than 7,000 Gazans who crossed into Israel this year to seek medical treatment, some 500 haven't returned, said Col. Moshe Levi, an Israeli defense official. One Fatah loyalist, a healthy 30-year-old woman, said she was desperate to leave Gaza after being harassed by Hamas officials. She bribed a Gaza doctor to certify she had "whatever cancer could only be treated in Israel." The doctor then paid off a physician serving on a Palestinian committee that certifies medical reports for Israeli military officials. She eventually succeeded in reaching the West Bank.

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