GAZA AID BLOCKADE
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Casualties mount, medical aid a far cry in Gaza
Published on Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 21:20 in World section
Tags: Gaza, Israeli , Rafah Border
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Rafah Border: The Israeli onslaught on Gaza is in its eleventh day. Over 550 people have died and more than 2500 injured. Relief officials warn of an impending humanitarian crisis.
At least 30 trucks of vital medical aid were blocked at the Rafah crossing on Sunday.
Meanwhile just yards away in Gaza the casualties were mounting as Israel pressed ahead with its ground assault.
The Egyptian government has condemned the Israeli assault. But it is no friend of Hamas and insists the border cannot be fully opened without the presence of European Union monitors.
The crossing has been opened for a few hours on some days to allow aid in wounded Palestinians out but Egyptian authorities kept it shut on Sunday because Palestinian border guards had fled in the face of the Israeli advance.
The border crossing is some 300 yards wide, but there are three checkpoints that one has to go through – Two Egyptian and one Palestinian.
However, the Egyptian authorities are finally allowing aid trucks through the first checkpoint but that means there's almost no prospect of that aid reaching the wounded and dying of Gaza any time soon.
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