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Attacks against Palestinian Healthcare Services: November 2003 - August 2004
21/06/04 Deir Ballut: israeli occupation forces attack PMRS ambulance

20/05/04 Emergency medical relief teams attacked

18/05/04 Rafah: emergency medical team prevented from accessing the injured and the dead

27/04/04 War Nar Checkpoint: six ambulances detained

25/04/04 Jerusalem: israeli occupation forces prevent the movement of a PMRS ambulance

26/02/04 Evacuation of Palestinian Medical Relief office

25/02/04 Ramallah: Israeli army invasion

06/01/04 Nablus in agony

21/11/03 Continuos attacks on Palestinian Medical Relief ambulances

12/11/03 Attack on Palestinian Medical Relief Staff continue



Attacks against Palestinian Healthcare Services: January - September 2003
11/09/03 Qalandia: UPMRC Mobile Clinic Prevented from Delivering Medical Care

10/09/03 UPMRC Ambulance Attacked by the Israeli Occupying Forces

09/09/03 UPMRC Ambulance Staff and Patient Detained by the Israeli Occupying Forces

08/09/03 Boy of 17 shot by Israeli soldiers, left bleeding overnight to die

28/08/03 Medecins du Monde, UPMRC and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel

21/08/03 Emergency Medical Relief Services - Nablus, attacked again

31/07/03 Ambulance stopped at Surda checkpoint, Palestine Medical Relief staff detained

28/06/03 Israel Prevents Entry of European Medical Delegation

14/06/03 Stop All Attacks on Palestine Medical Relief Staff and Services

13/06/03 Stop Attacks on the Village of Deir Ghassaneh

11/06/03 Medical Relief Center in Gaza Damaged in Attack by Helicopter Gunship

22/05/03 Stop Attacks on Medical Relief Services

7/05/03 Release Medical Personel

5/05/03 Stop Attacks on Medical Relief Services

9/01/03 Ambulance Carrying Eight Year-Old Cancer Patient Turned Back at Checkpoint

8/01/03 Drastic Deterioration of Palestinian Health Conditions



Attacks against Palestinian Healthcare Services: May - December 2002
29/12/02 The Israeli Army Opens Fire Inside Ramallah Hospital

27/11/02 Search of UPMRC Premises in Hebron

19/11/02 Israeli Forces Occupy Medical Relief Center in Jenin

16/07/02 Continuing Curfew Creates Humanitarian Disaster

30/06/02 Health Workers and Patients Arrested in Ramallah

28/06/02 UPMRC's Response to the Health Crisis

22/06/02 Urgent Appeal From Nablus

22/06/02 The Israeli Government Advances Violent Collective Punishment Measures

12/06/02 Israeli-Imposed Curfew Threatens Lives of Hundreds of Thousands



Reoccupation of Palestine: March - April 2002
17/04/02 Tabarak Has Died, but We Can Save Many Others

16/04/02 Tabarak's Condition "Critical"

15/04/02 Help Save a Two-Year-Old's Life

15/04/02 UPMRC Activities During the March-April 2002 Invasions

14/04/02 Eyewitness Account: UPMRC Ambulance Staff Humiliated and Harassed by Israeli Soldiers

08/04/02 Israeli Violations of Health Conventions

07/04/02 Please Help Us Get Medical Care to Sick and Injured Palestinians

04/04/02 Israeli Forces Block all Medical and Ambulance Services in the West Bank

03/04/02 Most Acute Medical Problems Ahead

02/04/02 Major Humanitarian Crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

30/03/02 Israeli Forces Detain Ambulances and Injured for Nine Hours

29/03/02 Israeli Forces Reoccupy Ramallah, Attack Civilians and Prevent Ambulance Movement


Attacks against Palestinian Healthcare Services: September 2000 - December 2001
04/12/01 Israel Attacks Palestinian Towns

20/10/01 Widespread Occupation and Curfew of Residential Neighborhoods

03/08/01 Israeli Police Arrest Sixteen UPMRC First Aid Workers

10/07/01 Delays and Harassment Continue for Medical Staff at Israeli Checkpoints

05/05/01 UPMRC Ambulance Hit by Israeli Bullet

21/03/01 UPMRC First Aid Worker Shot in Eye by Israeli Soldier

12/03/01 Israeli Siege Intensifies, Strangling Health & Education Services

28/02/01 45-year-old Woman Dies as Israeli Soldiers Deny Ambulance Entry

26/01/01 Woman Delivers Baby at Israeli Checkpoint

16/01/01 Ambulances Held at Ashdod Port


UPMRC Receives World Health Organization Award
17/05/01 UPMRC Accepts WHO Award for Health Development
(Includes text of Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi's Address to the World Health Assembly)