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Hospitals Funded by Islamic States Aid Besieged Gaza

International hospitals funded by Islamic countries have helped Gaza cope with Israel's siege in recent years, Rami Almeghari reports.
A wounded Palestinian is treated at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 23, 2012. Israeli gunfire at the Gaza border killed one Palestinian on Friday and wounded several others, medics said, two days after a ceasefire between the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel took hold. REUTERS/ Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3AS3Q

Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan have hospitals in Gaza.

In the heart of Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip, Abdelaty al-Mozayen, medical chief of the Kuwaiti hospital, starts his daily work by following up on the various divisions of the hospital. The two-story hospital was established with Kuwaiti funds in 2007 and located in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood. It is but one of a number of hospitals setup by friendly Islamic nations to help the Strip’s medical sector, which has been crippled by a five-year Israeli siege.

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