10/05/2010
This video report tells the story of the child Firas Mazloom, born in Gaza, who has two holes in his heart. His condition could have been fixed by routine surgery, but Israel's siege on the Gaza Strip has crippled the medical system there. The reportage shows Firas's parents struggle to take their son for life saving treatment in Israel and their hopeless efforts to overcome the impossible beurocratic barriers facing them. Just when they finally managed to push through the red tape to get their son out of Gaza, Firas died.
On minute 15 of the video an interview with Ran Yaron of PHR-IL, director of the Occupied Palestinian territory department.
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