Tuesday, June 19, 2007

COURT: ISRAEL MUST AID PALIS FLEEING HAMAS/GAZA

Court: Israel must aid Gazans at Erez (JPost)
The High Court of Justice instructed the State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday night that “everything Israel can do to save human life must be done today,” following a petition submitted by “Doctors for Human Rights” and “Gisha” that Erez Crossing be opened immediately to allow sick and wounded Gazans into Israel.

The High Court decided that a panel of three judges would rule on the matter Wednesday in an emergency hearing and demanded that until then, the State Attorney’s Office respond to Tuesday’s ruling in place of the IDF.

Some 190 Palestinians holed up in a stench-filled concrete tunnel at the border crossing with northern Gaza, desperately trying to flee the Hamas-controlled Strip. ...

Israel has refused to allow them passage to the West Bank, saying that some of them are wanted terrorists, including, for example, one who was involved in 2002’s standoff with the IDF at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

THE PALESTINIANS ARE FLEEING THEIR ELECTED GOVERNMENT TO LIVE UNDER THEIR FORMER "OCCUPIERS."


Israel Assists Palestinians at Gaza Crossing

The IDF has allowed paramedics to administer immediate treatment to wounded Palestinians at the Erez crossing and enable the evacuation of those suffering from serious injuries to hospitals in Israel as a goodwill gesture and a humanitarian act. In addition, the IDF has started allowing West Bank residents who were in Gaza during Hamas' takeover to cross into Israel on their way back to the West Bank. (Ynet News)

IDF transfers tens of thousands of vaccines to Gaza (YNet)
The IDF facilitated the transfer of medical equipment into the Gaza Strip through the Erez security crossing on Wednesday. At the request of UNICEF over 98,000 vaccines were sent in.
Earlier trucks laden with food were sent through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

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