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Gaza Female Cancer Patients Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Treatment Ban
Gaza Female Cancer Patients Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Treatment Ban
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Dozens of Gaza women with breast cancer started a hunger strike to protest against the Israeli authorities banning them from obtaining a permission for travel... 22.12.2016, Sputnik International
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Gaza Female Cancer Patients Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Israeli Treatment Ban
21:24 GMT 22.12.2016 (Updated: 04:43 GMT 23.12.2016) Dozens of Gaza women with breast cancer started a hunger strike to protest against the Israeli authorities banning them from obtaining a permission for travel in order to receive necessary treatment, media reported on Thursday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Middle East Monitor news outlet, cancer patients gathered in front of Ministry of Civil Affairs in Gaza condemning Israeli authorities for offending them and calling for senior health official Bassam Al-Badri resignation.
19 December 2016, 16:02 GMT
The protesters also asked for an official apology from the Ministry of Health for the abuse of seriously ill women.
They said the decision to go on a hunger strike was taken to draw attention of local officials and international community to the issue.
According to media reports and human watchdogs, the Israeli authorities have repeatedly prevented Gaza women suffering from cancer to leave the Palestinian territory for treatment, with over 100 such cases registered in 2016.
