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Cancer patients stopped from leaving Gaza for treatment


Dr Sobhi Skaik, Director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza, told us that out of Gaza’s estimated 10,000 cancer patients, “the names of approximately 3,800 have been given permission to leave Gaza for treatment abroad, but in reality only around 600 have left the Gaza strip since the start of the war, whether adults or children”.



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