Tunisian medical delegation headed by Health Minister reaches Gaza

Tunisian Health Minister, Dr. Abdul-Latif Al-Makky, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, heading a medical team in addition to the Tunisian Ambassador in Cairo, in solidarity with the people in the Gaza strip.

The visiting Tunisian officials, who brought with them medical supplies to a number of hospitals in Gaza, were welcomed by the Palestinian Health Minister in Gaza, Dr. Mofeed Al-Mkhallalaty.

Al-Mkhallalaty said that this visit shows unity and brotherhood between the Tunisian and the Palestinian people, and that it is also part of the Arab Spring that managed to uproot several dictators.

He added that Tunisia was amongst the first States that sent supplies to the Palestinian people in the first days of the recent Israeli war on Gaza and its people. Tunisia also sent planes to Egypt to transport some of the wounded Palestinians to Tunisian hospitals.

For his part, Makki explained that the Tunisian delegation includes a group of specialist doctors who will stay in the Gaza Strip for several days “to help the Palestinian medical crews in saving the wounded.”

He noted that the Tunisian delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip providing ten per cent of the medical aid, which has been asked for by the Health Ministry, stating that, in the coming few days, Tunisian planes will fly to Egypt to transfer more wounded Palestinians to Tunisian hospitals.