Israel Allows Gazans With Medical Problems Into Israel
Fleeing Gazans, trying to get to the Israeli side of the border, have been holed up in a tunnel of two walls ten feet apart.
On one end are the Hamas and on the other are the Israeli soldiers. They are in what is really known as a no-man’s land.
Living conditions are horrible, as people are using the walls for toilets, nerves are frayed and they are fighting over food.
About 200 Gazans, petrified by the chaos in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip, have been camped out for six days in a tunnel reeking of trash, urine and sweat on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing with Israel, pleading with Israeli authorities to grant them safe passage to the West Bank.
Hamas’ defeat of security forces from the rival Fatah faction has left many Gazans anticipating further chaos and violence. Some in the tunnel feared for their lives because of their Fatah loyalties; others sought a better life than volatile Gaza can offer.
Among them were people wounded in gunbattles between the rival factions.
On Wednesday, Barak instructed officials to let in “humanitarian cases” at the crossing, the Defense Ministry said.
No numbers were specified, and specific guidelines for determining urgency were not released.
On one end is freedom; on the other is oppression by their own countrymen.
Ehud Barak has agreed to allow foreign nationals and Gazans who need medical attention to enter Israel for humanitarian purposes.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the army on Wednesday to allow into Israel any of the hundreds of Gazans holed up at a fetid crossing who might desperately need medical treatment.
A teenager with leukemia was on his way through shortly after, the military said. Additionally, Israeli officials allowed all foreign nationals in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to cross over to Israel.In related news, Israel’s Supreme Court was hearing a petition Wednesday by a human rights group, demanding that Israeli authorities offer immediate medical treatment to 26 critically ill Palestinians hospitalized in Gaza.
I pray the Israeli government is as compassionate as possible and will allow those they determine not to be a risk to their safety into their country.
Guss Adds: If roles were reversed, I wonder how many Israelis would be let into Gaza.
This is a very interesting story that I am following with enthusiasm, just to see how things are going to turn out.
