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"Over 80 per cent of Palestinian children suffer trauma at the sound of the Israeli F-16 fighter aircraft which frequently overfly the territory, and we have noticed an increase in the number of deformed babies as well as a sharp increase in the number of cancer patients, especially among children and women, following the 22-day war in 2008-2009.""There are bombs almost daily. The Israelis do not keep to ceasefires and the violations are never reported."
Obama ignores what goes on. He said nothing during his visit. He spurns Palestinian rights.
Gazans suffer horrifically. Poverty and unemployment prevent them from eating properly. Food distributions aren't enough.
Israel bears full responsibility. Al-Shifa is Gaza's main hospital. It struggles with inadequate equipment. It has too few trained surgeons. One doctor explained, saying:
"Most of our health facilities are unable to provide safe and adequate services and urgently need to be rehabilitated or upgraded.""The infant mortality rate here is 23 per 1000 live births." (It's) comparable to Nicaragua. Many of the children brought to us had permanent afflictions caused by hypoxia or other birth traumas which the hospitals cannot deal with."
"Severely ill patients need to be transferred to hospitals in Israel, the West Bank or Jordan." It's not easy. "There can be endless delays with applications for transfer which costs lives."
An educational trainer said children too young to understand become "withdrawn, aggressive or radicalized. So another generation lost."
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