A delegation of 20 Palestinian doctors and nurses prepare to leave the Gaza Strip for Libya to join Arab medics there, Palestinian Nursing Association said Thursday.
Yousef Fahjjan, the secretary of the association, urged Egypt to let the medical mission leave Gaza through its territories. "We are still waiting for the Egyptian authorities' approval," he told Xinhua.
The Palestinian doctors will be based on Egypt-Libya borders " to help receive the wounded," Fahjjan said.
Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza since Islamic Hamas movement took over the coastal enclave in 2007. Rafah crossing point between Gaza and Egypt has been the only gate for Gazans to the world since then. However, the crossing is open only for urgent medical cases, visa holders as well as university students and nationals of other countries.