Fri, 02 Jan 2009 | Presstv.ir
 Women, children are victims of Israeli raids on Gaza. |
Iran is to set up a field hospital near the Gaza Strip in Egypt as the death toll from Israeli raids stands at 420, Iran's Red Crescent Society says.
"Iranian diplomats are trying to reach an agreement (with Egyptian officials) for setting up a hospital," said Masoud Khatami, head of Iran's Red Crescent Society on Thursday.
A large number of Iranian doctors, nurses and aid workers have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip to treat the wounded, Khatami said, adding that the Islamic Republic stands ready to offer medical treatment to injured Palestinians who arrive in Iran.
Iran has loaded 2000 tons of food, fuel and medicine onto a ship now en route to Gaza. The country has also sent several consignments of humanitarian aid to the Strip via Egypt.
Israel's six-day non-stop bombardments of Gaza have left more than 420 dead and at least 2000 wounded - including women and children.
Doctors ready for mission into Gaza
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 | Presstv.ir
Medical professionals from Iran are prepared to go to the Gaza Strip amid Israeli warnings of a ground incursion into the besieged region.
"Over a thousand Iranian doctors and nurses have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip [to treat those wounded]," announced Iranian Health Minister Kamran Baqeri-Lankarani on Tuesday.
"Public and private hospitals are also prepared to hospitalize Palestinians injured in Gaza provided that Egypt opens the (Rafah) crossing," added the official.
According to Baqeri-Lankarani, the Iranian Ministry of Health has been sending letters to officials from all over the world in the past 45 days to inform them of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to request help.
Iran has loaded 2000 tons of food, fuel and medicine onto a ship now en route to Gaza. The country has also sent several consignments of humanitarian aid to the strip via Egypt.
A representative of the Palestinian Hamas, Abu-Osama Abd-al-Moti, says Gaza needs at least 700 trucks packed with food and medicine to fulfill its basic needs.
"(On Monday) only 17 trucks entered Gaza," he added.
Israel has launched a barrage of air operations against Gaza since Saturday, saying it seeks to topple the Hamas movement, which took control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after winning the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections in January 2006.
In retaliation to the attacks on Gaza, Hamas has vowed to launch rocket strikes against Israel. Six Israelis have died since Saturday and sixteen others have been reported wounded.
On the Palestinian side, however, over 1800 Palestinians have so far been injured and at least 386 killed -- scores of whom were women and children.
Despite international calls for Israel to halt the bloodshed in Gaza, Israel is reportedly preparing to launch a ground assault into the region.
The recent conflict is the latest in a series which started when world powers found a 'land without a people and a people without a land' in 1948 and created Israel.
"Iranian diplomats are trying to reach an agreement (with Egyptian officials) for setting up a hospital," said Masoud Khatami, head of Iran's Red Crescent Society on Thursday.
A large number of Iranian doctors, nurses and aid workers have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip to treat the wounded, Khatami said, adding that the Islamic Republic stands ready to offer medical treatment to injured Palestinians who arrive in Iran.
Iran has loaded 2000 tons of food, fuel and medicine onto a ship now en route to Gaza. The country has also sent several consignments of humanitarian aid to the Strip via Egypt.
Israel's six-day non-stop bombardments of Gaza have left more than 420 dead and at least 2000 wounded - including women and children.
Doctors ready for mission into Gaza
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 | Presstv.ir
 An Israeli soldier is seen at a staging area near Gaza on Wednesday. Israeli echelons have rejected world calls for an immediate ceasefire and plan to push ahead with a ground offensive into the strip -- home to 1.5 million Palestinians. |
"Over a thousand Iranian doctors and nurses have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip [to treat those wounded]," announced Iranian Health Minister Kamran Baqeri-Lankarani on Tuesday.
"Public and private hospitals are also prepared to hospitalize Palestinians injured in Gaza provided that Egypt opens the (Rafah) crossing," added the official.
According to Baqeri-Lankarani, the Iranian Ministry of Health has been sending letters to officials from all over the world in the past 45 days to inform them of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to request help.
Iran has loaded 2000 tons of food, fuel and medicine onto a ship now en route to Gaza. The country has also sent several consignments of humanitarian aid to the strip via Egypt.
A representative of the Palestinian Hamas, Abu-Osama Abd-al-Moti, says Gaza needs at least 700 trucks packed with food and medicine to fulfill its basic needs.
"(On Monday) only 17 trucks entered Gaza," he added.
Israel has launched a barrage of air operations against Gaza since Saturday, saying it seeks to topple the Hamas movement, which took control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after winning the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections in January 2006.
In retaliation to the attacks on Gaza, Hamas has vowed to launch rocket strikes against Israel. Six Israelis have died since Saturday and sixteen others have been reported wounded.
On the Palestinian side, however, over 1800 Palestinians have so far been injured and at least 386 killed -- scores of whom were women and children.
Despite international calls for Israel to halt the bloodshed in Gaza, Israel is reportedly preparing to launch a ground assault into the region.
The recent conflict is the latest in a series which started when world powers found a 'land without a people and a people without a land' in 1948 and created Israel.
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