Israel to heart patient: "Go die in Gaza"

One cancer patient, Na'el al-Kordi, died in Gaza while awaiting an answer from the state of Israel. Seven other patients in life-threatening condition are still in Gaza.

In its hearing on 12 November 2007, the Israeli high court avoided addressing Israeli policy regarding access of Gaza patients to care, or General Security Service (GSS) coercion of patients at the crossing, and delayed its decision regarding life-threatening cases by seven days.

PHR-Israel's three demands as presented to the state in the High Court of Justice (HCJ) petition, 7 November 2007:

• That the state permit immediate passage of eleven individual patients in life-threatening condition to care unavailable in Gaza.
• That the state ensure access of all patients needing medical care unavailable in Gaza to medical centers outside Gaza, as a matter of policy.
• That the GSS (Israeli secret services, Shabak) desist immediately from conditioning the exit of patients from Gaza on acting as informers on others. More...