They cannot return to Gaza (patients medically evacuating from Gaza). No podrán volver a Gaza ENG/ESP

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We have confirmed with multiple patient reports that in the last 1-2 weeks the Israeli government has unilaterally & sneakily begun forcing patients who medically evacuating from Gaza to sign paperwork at the exiting checkpoints saying they cannot return to Gaza. None of the NGOs helping with the coordination of the medical evacs were informed by the entity or any governing body this would happen.

Ethnic cleansing aside, mothers are being forced to leave their children behind to travel with a sick child and almost every family is being forced to leave family members behind. And now they are being told that they will not be able to see them again. 

Not that the Israeli government cares, but this violates international law and given the document  was signed under duress it is unenforceable—meaning it is not worth the paper it was signed on.

Further this jeopardizes the entire medical evacuation enterprise in multiple ways. (1) Countries will be much more reticent to accept medical evacs from Gaza’s (2) All aiding countries will now be accused of being guilty of collaborating with Israel’s ethnic cleansing crimes. (3) This will upend Jordan’s commitment to accept 2,000 patients & be blowback against Pres. Trump. 

This can stop as quickly as it started. Israel thinks we aren’t paying attention, but we are. Pressure is needed on Israel to stop this illegal & sneaky practice. 

Thanks to @AbubakerAbedW and @sameerproject for sounding the alarm.

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