Category: Gaza
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The Palestine Trauma Centre – psychological support for Gaza
30th April 2014 | Paramedics in Gaza | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We connected with the Palestine Trauma Centre (PTC) before we had left the UK. Within a few days of contact with them they had resolved all of our complicated visa issues and have since proved to be the most wonderful hosts. In our first couple of…
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Israeli forces target 2 armed group members wounding 13 Palestinian civilians, including 5 Children, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip
25th April 2014 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights | Gaza, Occupied Palestine In an extra-judicial execution attempt, Israeli forces targeted 2 members of an armed group on a motorbike wounding them and another 13 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, in a densely-populated area in the northern Gaza Strip. According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for…
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British war cemetery not immune to Gaza siege
21st April 2014 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | Gaza City, Occupied Palestine On a recent, sunny afternoon, Kath Henwood, a Yorkshire paramedic volunteering in the Gaza Strip, walked through rows of headstones at the Gaza War Cemetery with a camera and notebook. “My regular crewmate at work, in his spare time, researches World War…
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What will Gaza’s Ark face from the Israeli navy as it challenges the blockade?
17th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The heavy bang is heard clearly, and I have to resist the impulse to climb over the breakwater to try to get a view of the attack in the haze. And a new round of bangs is heard. It can’t be far off…
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“We leave without expecting to return” – meeting the firefighters of Gaza
15th April 2014 | Paramedics in Gaza | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Yesterday I visited the Civil Defence Directorate, which provides the fire and rescue service in Gaza, as well as some emergency ambulances and marine rescue. These guys have a reputation as being fearless, as well as being the most vulnerable to attack during times…
