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Edition: U.S. Article Slideshow Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Aftershock rattles Haiti's capital; violence fears ease | Video 9:11am EST In blow to Obama, Republican wins in Massachusetts | Video 9:59am EST Google attack puts spotlight on China's "red" hackers 6:45am EST Strong aftershock hits Haiti, causing panic 7:01am EST Q+A: What the Massachusetts upset means to Obama agenda 5:34am EST Fish oil protects against cellular aging: study 19 Jan 2010 Aftershock rattles Haiti's capital; violence fears ease | Video 9:11am EST In blow to Obama, Republican wins in Massachusetts | Video 9:59am EST Strong aftershock hits Haiti, causing panic 7:01am EST Google attack puts spotlight on China's "red" hackers 6:45am EST World aid agencies appeal to Israel to unlock Gaza Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:32am EST Related News Israel apologizes to Turkey in diplomatic spat Wed, Jan 13 2010 Turkey says again Israel Gaza attack hurt peace Tue, Jan 12 2010 Turkey demands Israeli apology on eve of Barak visit Tue, Jan 12 2010 Hamas seeks to lower tension with Egypt, Israel Tue, Jan 12 2010 Palestinians say Israel kills two in Gaza Mon, Jan 11 2010 < 1 / 3 > View Full Size GAZA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Wednesday Israel's blockade of Gaza undermines the enclave's health care system and puts patients at risk. World Max Gaylard, resident Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian territories, said Israel was to be commended for letting Palestinians from Gaza access specialist medical care but could save more lives by allowing more timely treatment. "It is causing on-going deterioration in the social, economic and environmental determinants of health," he said. "It is hampering the provision of medical supplies and the training of health staff and it is preventing patients with serious medical conditions getting timely specialized treatment." "We have had extreme cases of patients dying because they could not get out to get the more advanced medical care in Israel," Gaylard told Reuters in an interview after presenting a report on the situation at a Gaza news conference. "It is quite true that hundreds of patients do get out to Israel. That has been happening on a continuing basis. That is good and we welcome it and the Israelis are to be commended for that," he said. "I think we are concerned about the ones who do not go out and there are too many of them." ONE YEAR LATER One year after Israel's offensive on Hamas-ruled Gaza, U.N. agencies and the Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA), representing over 80 NGOs, is a report highlighting the health impact of the blockade. They again called on Israel to relax its tight control of the Gaza Strip's borders to allow sufficient supply of essential items and let people seek care not available in the enclave. Gaza student Fida Hejji, 18, died of cancer waiting for Israeli permission to go to an Israeli hospital for treatment. She was promised an entry permit three times. Three days after she died last November, her family got a hospital date. Hejji had hoped to get life-saving treatment in Israel as other Gazans have done. The Egyptian border is also closed. "In her (Hejji's) last days she used to ask when she could rest, and when all her pain would come to an end," said her mother Shadia. "I knew she was dying." Israel generally permits supplies of drugs into Gaza but not always enough to prevent shortages. Certain medical equipment such as x-ray and electronic devices are difficult to bring in and clinical staff frequently lack equipment they need. Israel says it approves most requests by Gazan patients to cross its border for treatment, and there has been a 25 percent increase in approvals since 2008 -- data supported by World Health Organization findings issued by Gaylard's office. "Not only are we doing our utmost to allow the people of Gaza every possible medical treatment, but we are doing this in a situation in which their own government is imposing a state of war and trying deliberately to harm Israelis, including those whose mission is to assist the very people of Gaza," said Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry. TOO LATE FOR SOME The U.N. report said 1,103 patients sought permits for treatment in Israel in December 2009. Most succeeded but 21 percent were denied or delayed, as a result of which patients missed their hospital appointments and had to restart. "Two patients died recently while awaiting referral - one in November and one in December," it said. In total, "27 patients have died while awaiting referral" in 2009. Israel captured Gaza from Egypt in a 1967 war. The ensuing occupation saw limited Palestinian scope for developing an autonomous health service. Israel left in 2005 but the result was far from the peaceful coexistence it might have hoped for. Critics accuse Israel of applying collective punishment to Gaza's 1.5 million people, who are ruled by an elected Islamist government of the Hamas movement. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel and preaches armed struggle until its destruction. Hamas remains in control despite the hammering Gaza took in the offensive Israel launched a year ago to stop the continuous firing of rockets and mortars aimed at southern Israeli towns. The U.N. said Gaza's economy and environment were in a poor state, with inevitable consequences for health, and it noted that half the population are children. "The humanitarian community is gravely concerned about the future of this generation whose health needs are not being met. The decline in infant mortality, which has occurred steadily over recent decades, has stalled in the last few years." Israel refuses to let Gaza have materials that can be put to military use. It says the Palestinians are too ready to blame all ills on Israel, and should not be ungrateful for the medical aid Israeli doctors and hospitals provide. Israel's offensive damaged 15 of Gaza's 27 hospitals and 43 of its 110 primary health care facilities, the report said. Some 1,400 Palestinians died in the bombing and shelling, and Israel lost 13 citizens in the Dec 27-Jan 18 conflict of 2009. Rocket and mortar fire into Israel from Gaza dropped off dramatically in 2009, but has never entirely ceased. The damage cannot be fixed until Israel allows construction materials into Gaza, the report said. Meanwhile, doctors and nurses are cut off from learning the latest techniques abroad. "The new surgical wing in Gaza's main Shifa hospital has remained unfinished since 2006," the report noted. Nafeth Enaeem, head of Shifa's kidney department, said dialysis treatments had to be carefully rationed last year, which he said was the worst in terms of health conditions. "Sometimes a cable for a machine took three months of coordination with the Israeli side to get into Gaza," he said. (Additional reporting by Douglas Hamilton; editing by Douglas Hamilton and Philippa Fletcher) World More from Reuters BofA posts wider loss, but says credit stabilizing CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by still-high loan losses and its repayment of U.S. government bailout aid. 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