State of Palestine Ministry of health Date: June 7, 2001 Twenty Palestinian Martyrs and Four Hundred Casualities since Sharon's Declaration of Cease-Fire Palestinian Ministry of Health declared yesterday that 400 Palestinian citizens have fallen, among whom injuries, martyrs, and perminant handicapped cases, since Sharon's declaration of what he called cease- fire in 22nd of the last month. Dr. Moa'awia Hasanain, the director general of Emergency and Reception at A-Shefa Hospital at Gaza, said, during a conference that was held yesterday in A-Shefa Hospital at Gaza, that twenty martyrs and four hundred casualities have been reported since the Israeli false declaration of Cease-fire. Dr. Hasanain called up the international community as well as the sponsors of the peace process for pressing upon Israel to stop its aggression and continuous threatens against our Palestinian people. Correspondents of local and international agencies and newspapers walked around intensive care departments and emergency rooms in A-Shefa Hospital at Gaza and got briefed on the huge number of the injured, especially the children, who were fallen by the Israeli aggressions against safe cities and villages. Injured Eyad Abu-Zohri, who had fractures in the bone of his right leg, was hiding beyond the wall of his uncle's house at Asho'oot area, south Rafah when the Israeli Occupation Forces opened fire heavily towards the Palestinian citizens near the Egyptian borders. Injured Abu-Zohri asserted that the bullet of the Israeli enemy penetrated the wall to injure him in his right leg. Physicians asserted to him that his health condition will improve, but it will need a long period of time. On the other hand, Dr. Majed Abu Ramadan, a director general at the Ministry of Health confirmed that 437 Palestinian children have been caused permanent disabilities since the break out of "Al-Aqsa Intifada". He also asserted that 139 children were martyred in the West Bank and Gaza by the Israeli rockets and bullets. He added" those children neither held gun machines nor used tanks. **** Date: June 7, 2001 Israeli Occupation Forces Prevent the EMS of Tulkarem Health Directorate from Reaching Neighboring villages The Israeli Occupation Forces prevented the Emergency Medical Services that belong to Tulkarem Health Directorate from reaching the health clinics at "Eastern Baqa", "Eastern Nazla" and Qefeen villages. Dr. Saeed Hanoon, health director, mentioned that the Israeli soldiers, who existed at the Israeli military barriers at the entrances of the above-mentioned villages, have been hindering the arrival of the medical services and teams at the health clinics of the area since three days. He added that the Israeli hindrance canceled all the health services that have been supposed to be presented to the citizens who could not leave their villages due to the Israeli siege. In addition, Dr. Hanoon confirmed that the Occupation Forces prevented the medical staff from reaching the Health Centers at Kafriyat, Beit Leed, and Sfareen, Ramin areas that have been under the Israeli Siege. Dr. Hannon said that these villages are deprived of the medical services, health programs and children vaccination. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
