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<p>GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Gaza Minister of Health  Bassem Naeem has confirmed that Israel has used internationally banned  weapons during its ongoing attack on the Gaza Strip that has left 17  Palestinians dead and injured around 60, most of them women, children  and the elderly.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Most of the injuries took place on all  parts of the bodies while fragments have not yet been found, he  explained, adding that that indicates that white phosphorous and other  chemical weapons had been used in the attacks.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The ”systematic and programmed” aggression  has indiscriminately affected women, children and the elderly, the  minister said after rounds in the Shifa Hopital Saturday morning to  inspect those wounded during the past three days of aggression.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Naeem also confirmed that the Israeli  strikes directly targeted medical teams injuring two paramedics. He said  the emergency commission had coordinated with relevent organizations to  ensure those teams would arrive at the scenes of attacks without being  intercepted.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”We are astonished at the silence of the  world community over these crimes. There are many world parties that  have been pressuring the Palestinians to keep a calm and restrain from  responding,” Naeem said.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He also warned the aggression coupled with  the Israeli siege on the region could create a health disaster as he  announced the depletion of more than 150 medicines and medical supplies.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said the government in Gaza has received  a positive stance from many parties abroad, including Egypt. He  expressed hope that the new Egyptian government would open up the Rafah  crossing on its borders with Gaza once and for all</p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/we-ask-how-many-more-dead-corpses-of-palestinian-children-and-women-does-the-international-community-need-to-see-in-order-to-act/"> A New Israeli Massacre</a></strong></li>
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<p><strong>We ask, how many more dead corpses of Palestinian  children  and women does the international community need to see in  order to act?</strong></p>
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