🚨 NEW: MORE THAN 1,500 PALESTINIAN PATIENTS HAVE DIED WAITING FOR MEDICAL EVACUATION AS MORE THAN 16,500 REMAIN TRAPPED IN GAZA, THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS.

GAZA’S HEALTH MINISTRY SAID ISRAEL IS PREVENTING MORE THAN 16,500 PATIENTS IN NEED OF TREATMENT ABROAD FROM LEAVING THE STRIP, DESPITE THE CEASEFIRE IN PLACE SINCE OCTOBER. ACTING UNDERSECRETARY MAHER SHAMIYA SAID MORE THAN 1,500 PATIENTS WHO HAD RECEIVED MEDICAL REFERRALS DIED BEFORE THEY COULD BE EVACUATED. ONLY 1,204 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN AL

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