"THE NEWS"

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Israeli hospital hosts cancer-stricken Iranian boy, by Aron Heller, Associated Press (10 October 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Dozens of Gazans have died awaiting Israeli medical care, by Robert W. Gee (6 September 2008).
  ... and this is since the truce with Israel. The article describes how patients are forced to spy for Israel in exchange for medical treatment, as per a report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.

• Chicago Tribune Hamas forces doctors to work as rival Fatah calls for strike, Gaza hospitals partly paralyzed,
  Washington Post Gaza hospitals strain under pressure of strikes,
  both article-versions by Ibrahim Barzak, Associated Press (4 September 2008) - union is Fatah, and strike is against Hamas policies.
• Washington Post
  Gaza strike deepens Palestinian rift: U.N. envoy, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters (2 September 2008) - describes the dispute between Hamas and a Fatah-led union in Gaza, and UN concerns this might have negative impact on medical services in Gaza.
• Washington Post: Gazans' Access To Care Faulted, by Linda Gradstein (5 August 2008).
  This article describes in very diplomatic terms how Israel blackmails Gazans with medical needs to spy for Israel in exchange for medicine and treatment.

• Chicago Tribune,
  Gaza Palestinians to spy in exchange for treatment,
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  Activists: Israel bullying ill Palestinians to spy:
  all 3 articles by Diaa Hadid, Associated Press (4 August 2008).
• Boston Globe
  Medical chaos, delays cost ill Gazans' lives: UN agency cites border snarls, by Diaa Hadid, Associated Press (2 April 2008) - "Dozens of Gaza residents have died waiting for medical treatment because of delays in obtaining permits to enter Israel, combined with a crumbling health system in Gaza, the World Health Organization said yesterday".

"ONLINE REPORTS"

• The Lancet - Gazan patients targeted for interrogation, by Jan McGirk (30 May 2009) - quote, "A new report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has condemned Israel's security service for interrogating Gazan patients travelling to hospitals outside the Gaza Strip.".
• The Lancet - Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (4 March 2009) - quote, "This Series on the health status of 3·8 million people living in the occupied Palestinian territory details one of the most important flashpoints not only in Middle East politics, but for global security. The Lancet report examines aspects of the Palestinian health predicament: health services; maternal and child health; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes and cancer; health and human security; and the future of the healthcare system. The report has been written by a team of health scientists in the occupied Palestinian territory, together with international colleagues from WHO, associated UN agencies, and academic institutions in the USA, UK, Norway, and France.".
• Physicians for Human Rights - GSS Interrogation and Extortion of Palestinian Patients at Erez Crossing, by Ran Yaron (August 2008).
• UN Office of Coordination of Human Rights Affairs - Israel - OPT: Critically ill patients from Gaza appeal to Israeli court, by (22 May 2008).
• UN Office of Coordination of Human Rights Affairs - Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (21 May 2008).
• Amnesty International - Israeli interference with medical services
• International Committee of the Red Cross - Declining health services in the Palestinian territories: an ICRC report (15 November 2006) - Quote from website - "Since the beginning of 2006, the ICRC has repeatedly warned of the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territories. An ICRC report issued today documents the tragic consequences that the interruption of essential health services has had on the Palestinian population. A key finding is that it is the poor, whose numbers are increasing because of the overall economic decline, who are predominantly affected by the current interruption of health services.

"OFFLINE REFERENCE MATERIALS"