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February 16, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/f0ffeaa680cffd42cc45bda1a34c36f7.htm

More Palestinians Entering Israel on Health Grounds

[UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs/Reuters] More and more Palestinians are entering Israel for medical reasons, said Dalia Bessa, the Health Coordinator for the Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank. "We got 81,000 Palestinians permits to enter Israel for health reasons in 2006, a rise of 61% from 2005." Major Peter Lerner, in charge of humanitarian coordination in Gaza, explains: "Before 2003, we had three people doing this. Now 21 people coordinate humanitarian affairs in the Palestinian areas, leading to better services and operations."

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