Death toll 233 due to the Israeli siege on the Gaza strip

Friday August 08, 2008 18:06 by Rula Shahwan & Marina Ayyoub - IMEMC Editorial Group

Medical sources reported on Friday morning that the number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli siege has reached 233 as six more patients died today at the Rafah crossing.

Patients in The Gaza Strip

Locals in The Gaza Strip are calling on international communities for a quick intervention to end the imposed siege on the Gaza strip and open the Rafah crossing so that patients can leave the strip to seek medical care. Hundreds of patients in Gaza are at risk if they don’t get immediate life-saving treatment. As the siege continues there are serious shortages of medical supplies available in the strip.

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