5 Palestinian patients in Gaza lose lives due to Israeli siege: NGO
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip has caused five Palestinians to lose their lives this year, including three children, a local NGO said on Wednesday.
In a statement, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said a cancer patient died on Tuesday after his repeated request for an exit permit for medical attention outside Gaza was rejected by Israeli authorities.
“Mohammad al-Leddawi, 32, from Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip, was the latest patient to have died due to Israeli restrictions on the freedom of movement,” it added in a statement.
The rights group termed Israel’s denial of access to patients to hospitals outside Gaza a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and human rights laws.”
The NGO called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility by putting pressure on Israel to end its blockade on Gaza.
Home to 2.3 million people, Gaza has been reeling under a crippling Israeli siege since 2007, badly affecting livelihood in the seaside territory.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the Israeli siege on Gaza has deprived nearly 50% of patients in the strip of medical attention in hospitals outside the blockaded territory.
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