The PalMed association, an NGO which brings together Palestinian doctors who reside in Europe, has lost one of its collaborators in Palestine. Mohamed Zaloum, who was the secretary of the PalMed office in Gaza, lost his life on Tuesday morning, June 11.
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This is not the first time that NGOs have been targeted, but it is the first time that PalMed has been. Nizar Badran, president of the French branch of PalMed deplores the circumstances of this death and the daily difficulties for the doctors and medical staff present on site.
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“ The house in which Mohamed Zaloum and his family, his father, his mother and his relatives found refuge was bombed unexpectedly, without warning and without any sign that anticipated such an act in an area which is respected, which is considered to be being sure », he points out, recalling that this type of bombing is very common.
More than 500 doctors killed or injured
This is the first time that the NGO PalMed has been affected, but many doctors have already been victims of the war waged since October 7 by Israel in the Gaza Strip. “ There are more than 500 doctors in Gaza who have been hit, killed and dozens who have been arrested. And others were even tortured, like the director of al-Shifa hospital. So, the medical profession is paying a very heavy price for this Gaza war “, explains Nizar Badran.
PalMed is not the most well-known NGO, yet it does essential and tireless work to help the Palestinians. For several months, it has been organizing medical and aid missions by sending, on behalf of Palmed Europe, doctors, executives, nurses, between 20 and 30, approximately each mission, every 15 days, but since Following the Israeli invasion of the town of Rafah and the occupation of the crossing point, no mission was allowed to enter.
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