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"If ISIS Knew I Came to Israel They Would Behead Me": Syrian Parents Risk Everything to Get Israeli Treatment for their Children
(Telegraph-UK) Raf Sanchez - Before dawn some 50 Syrian women and children huddle at an Israeli military post along the Golan Heights fence. The group is among nearly 5,000 Syrians who have made the perilous journey from rebel-controlled areas of Syria to Israel to receive medical treatment. "If ISIS knew I came to Israel they would behead me," said Rouba, who had brought her daughter to get treated for damaged nerves in her arm. In the waiting room at Ziv hospital in Safed, one woman said, "I never thought I would come here." Her daughter was in danger of losing her sight in one eye to an infection. "I was surprised that Israel wanted to help the Syrians. I never expected this in my life." As she spoke, the 25 Syrian children were gathered around a table coloring under the supervision of two Arab-Israeli nurses.