A delegation from the Palestinian Doctors Union in Europe France branch on Saturday performed a series of qualitative surgeries in a number of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

The PIC reporter said that the medical crew conducted surgeries in al-Shifa Nasser and Indonesian hospitals in Gaza in coordination with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

Director of the Gaza office of the Palestinian Doctors Union Dr. Ahmad Abu Nada said that the delegation composed of two doctors named Nizar Badran and Raouf Salati participated in the seventh conference organized by the faculty of medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza under the title “Health Crisis and Disaster Management in the Gaza Strip”.

The delegation is also scheduled to meet with a group of Palestinian doctors officials and deans of medical schools in Gaza universities.

The Palestinian Doctors Union in Europe was established in 2008 and it managed to send many medical delegations to the Gaza Strip West Bank and Palestinian refugee camps in addition to setting up several emergency clinics in the Gaza Strip during the 2014 Israeli aggression.

A delegation from the Palestinian Doctors Union in Europe started performing a series of qualitative surgeries in the Gaza Strip hospitals on Monday.

Secretary of the Gaza Medical Assembly Mohammed Zalloum told Quds Press that the delegation composed of 4 surgeons arrived in Gaza on Sunday evening via the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing.

Zalloum said that the delegation will be training a number of Palestinian doctors in the field of specialized surgery and conducting surgeries for Gazan patients throughout the week.

The delegation will meet with doctors and deans of medical schools at the Gaza universities before leaving the Gaza Strip on Friday.

Zalloum described the visit as an “effort to break the siege” especially in light of the Palestinian Authority’s suspension of medical referrals and the severe medicines shortages in the Gaza hospitals.

A similar delegation visited Gaza 6 months ago and performed a number of kidney transplant surgeries.

The Palestinian Doctors Union in Europe was established in 2007 and it managed to send many medical delegations to the Gaza Strip West Bank and Palestinian refugee camps in addition to setting up several emergency clinics in the Gaza Strip during the last Israeli aggression in 2014.

The 11-year Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and the power crisis it entailed have severely affected the health sector.

Adding insult to injury the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health decided last April to stop sending Gaza its share of medicines and to block all patient transfers to the hospitals of the West Bank and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.