Gaza medics protest Israel controls on medical imports

GAZA CITY, 10 January 2023, (TON): Gazans drove a convoy of ambulances along the Israeli border to protest import restrictions on medical equipment, which the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave warned puts patients at risk.

Israel bans the transfer of goods to Gaza that it deems could be used for military purposes, as part of a blockade it has imposed on the coastal territory since the armed group Hamas took power in 2007.

“Preventing the entry of medical devices means the slow death of Gaza patients,” read a banner spread across one of around 25 ambulances used in the border rally.

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