here is a bit of information for those of you who support the 'most moral democracy' in the mid east;

It’s been a problem for years, but it’s getting worse: Israel routinely denies travel permits for Gazan children needing advanced medical treatment; Israel also blocks entrance of advanced medical equipment to Gaza’s doctors.

by Huthifa Fayyad, reposted from Middle East Eye, July 27, 2022

Israeli authorities have rejected a third of medical permit requests for Palestinian minors in the besieged Gaza Strip, almost double the previous year, according to new data.

A report by the Tel Aviv-based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) found that 32 percent of requests to reach either occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank or Jordan to receive urgent medical care for children were rejected in 2021, compared with 17 percent in 2020.

Out of 2,578 requests, 812 were either denied passage or have had their applications significantly delayed.........more..........