(Washington Post) Scott Wilson - Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip's primary public health center, is a nearly perfect reflection of the rough world outside its walls. Gaza's gunmen demand at rifle-point that friends and relatives receive scarce medications or costly transfers to Egypt or Israel for care. The deputy health minister reacted to recent threats by fleeing to the West Bank.
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