06 September 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Officials from the Turkish Red Crescent said that the eight-year old
siege on Gaza undermines Turkish attempts to deliver aid that covers the
needs of all Gazans and guarantees them a decent life, Anadolu news agency said.
The officials stated that their organisation is now studying the
needs of the Strip in order to address them, noting that they would ask
the Turkish government and Turkish NGOs to support them.
On Thursday, a delegation from the Turkish Red Crescent, including
the chief director and other senior officials in the organisation,
arrived in Gaza to assess the needs more closely.
The director of the Red Crescent said that his organisation has been
offering aid in all fields to the Gaza Strip for a long time, and "we
are going to continue until the end of the siege."
"The Turkish Red Crescent faced difficulties in transferring wounded
Palestinians from Gaza to Turkey because of the Israeli restrictions,"
he said, noting that 79 wounded Gazans are being treated in Turkish
hospitals.
He said that the Israeli authorities refused and has been refusing to
allow large numbers of wounded Gazans to pass through its crossings so
they could travel to Turkey for treatment.
The official noted that the Turkish healthcare system is very well
equipped and is able to offer proper medical treatment for hundreds of
the wounded, but he said that this is connected to Israeli approval.
Regarding the plans to send a Turkish floating power plant to address
the electricity problem in Gaza, the official said that the efforts on
this issue are underway, but this issue is also connected to Israeli
approval, as well as to the ability of the electricity grids in Gaza.
The officials stressed there is real intention from the Turkish
government to send this ship, noting that the Turkish power authority is
conducting studies on this.
Regarding the latest plans to send caravans from Turkey to the Gaza
residents to be used as temporary houses for the people who lost their
homes, the official said that discussions are still underway. He hoped
that this issue will be sorted out in the near future.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/13959-turkish-red-crescent-siege-undermines-passage-of-aid-to-gazans.
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