RAFAH CLOSED, PALESTINIAN INJURED STUCK

Gaza, 15 Ramadan 1435/13 July 2014 (MINA) –  Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing with Gaza on Friday, having opened it for one day to allow Palestinians injured in Israel’s military assault to seek treatment.

“We received orders from the Egyptian authorities to close the Rafah crossing after we partially opened it on Thursday,” spokesman for Gaza’s interior ministry Iyad al-Buzm told Ma’an.

The ministry strongly condemned the decision by Egypt as it had prepared buses and ambulances to take wounded Palestinians to the crossing.

Only 11 Palestinians were able to cross Rafah on Thursday when Egypt opened the crossing, al-Buzm added.

At least 121 Palestinians have been  killed while more than 924 others injured in Israel’s strikes on Gaza with hospitals in the besieged enclave struggling to cope with the amount of casualties.
Meanwhile, Spokesman of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, dr. Ashraf Al-Qadra said Hospital in Gaza need help urgent medical supplies for victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression.

“We’re currently suffering from lack of urgent medicines, drugs for ICU, medicine for surgery, and other medical  means so that we can provide medical services to the maximum to our citizens, and that citizens of Gaza could continue to survive under this barbarous attacks, “said Ashraf to Miraj Islamic News Agency (MINA) on Thursday.

During Israel’s 2012 assault on Gaza, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi condemned “Israeli aggression” and sent his prime minister to Gaza in a show of support for the Palestinians.

Since the military overthrew him in July 2013, Cairo has cracked down on smuggling tunnels to the Gaza Strip and accused Hamas of aiding the Brotherhood in militant attacks inside Egypt.(T/P03/P04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)