Advocacy groups called decision a 'death sentence for thousands of patients', with not enough hospitals remaining in operation

At least six medical aid missions currently operating inside the Gaza Strip received orders this week from the Israeli government that they would no longer be allowed access to their patients in the enclave.

Israel’s coordinator of government activities in the territories (Cogat) appeared to give no reason for the decision to ban the missions from Gaza.

Cogat’s decision comes on the heels of a New York Times guest essay published on 9 October, entitled, “65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza.”

  • GrymEdm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    12 hours ago

    How dare Israel do this immediately after receiving a strongly worded letter from the US administration about letting aid into Gaza? Don’t they realize they’re on track to get another stern warning, or maybe even a disapproving phone call?

  • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    12 hours ago

    Sees like Israel is banking 100 % on trump winning the election. They know full well that the US won’t put anything behind their demands just weeks before the election, and if Trump wins, all demands will be thrown out the window.

    My guess is that they’re thinking they can keep pushing it for a couple more weeks, and if Kamala wins, they’ll deal with that then.

  • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 hours ago

    Yeah shit sucks. The ban actually prevents people going into Gaza. Once someone has left, they can’t come back and no new people are getting in. It also is 7 orgs afaik. Operations in Gaza don’t stop right now, at least for us. Best thing someone can do to help is to contribute to campaigns ran by these orgs. Launchgood.com has a bunch of fundraisers for Gaza and Lebanon