Hind Al Ashkar, from the Palestinian refugee camp at Al Nuserat in Gaza died on sunday after being refused permission by the Israeli army to leave Gaza.The Israeli army controls the crossing into and out of Gaza. She sought permission to leave several times for life saving medical treatment because of a kidney condition but her request was always refused. With her death the number of Palestinian patients who have died as a direct reult of the siege of Gaza now stands at one hundred and sixty three. albert
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