Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories/Egypt: UA 11/08 - Medical concern

Index Number: MDE 15/001/2008
Date Published: 14 January 2008
Categories: Egypt, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

The Israeli authorities are refusing to allow critically ill Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip for urgent medical treatment which is not available in Gaza. Since Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip in June 2007, closing the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, every one of the 1.5 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip requires permission to leave from the Israeli military authorities. This is almost always refused.