A patient dies in the Gaza Strip; death toll due to the siege reaches 367
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Patient in a Gaza Hospital – file photo 2009
by Ghassan Bannoura
29-12-2009
A Palestinian patient was reported dead on Tuesday after he was unable to leave the besieged Gaza Strip for medical care.
48 years old Mohamed Jassier had hart condition, he needed life saving medical care out side the Gaza Strip but the Israeli army never gave him the permission to leave, medical sources reported.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said that with Jassier dearth, the total number of patients who died because of the Israeli siege has reached 367.\
Israeli started its siege of the Gaza Strip in June of 2007 rendering Gaza hospitals unable to provide basic health care for the 1.5 million Palestinians living there.
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