IDF Slams WHO Report as ‘Completely Wrong’
The Jerusalem Post reports:
A World Health Organization (WHO) report that sharply criticized the IDF’s screening of Palestinians who seek medical treatment in Israeli hospitals was flatly rejected by defense officials on Tuesday, who called it “completely wrong.”
The report was released during a press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday held by Ambrogio Manenti, the head of WHO in Gaza and the West Bank, who called Israeli policy when it comes to allowing Gazans into Israel for treatment “inhumane.” . . .
During the press conference, Manenti presented five cases of Gazans who died recently while he said they waited for a permit to enter Israel.
[IDF Col. Nir] Press rejected the claims that the five died while waiting for permits and claimed that each Palestinian mentioned in the report received permits to be treated in Israeli hospitals.One such case was of 34-year-old Mona Nofal who died of rectal cancer at Shifa Hospital in Gaza in November. The report claimed that Israel delayed granting her permits.
Press pointed out, however, that Nofal’s requests were approved each time and that she had in fact been treated in Israeli hospitals in July, August and October.
Press said that Hamas used Nofal’s case to blame Israel when in fact “she had died of cancer and not because of the siege.”
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