APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Al-Bireh – 09 June 2021. Palestinians reopen the Health Work Committees (HWC) headquarter after it was closed by an Israeli military order earlier this month.
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Activist in the popular resistance.
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SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al-Kaila.
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The heavily-armed Israeli soldiers smashed the main door of HWC headquarters and barged their way inside, tampering with and damaging most of its contents and seizing four computers, before posting a military order to close the building for six months, renewable on June 9, 2021.
On March 8, Israeli soldiers ransacked HWC premises and seized the hard discs of seven computers and other documents before leaving.
Established in 1985 by a group of Palestinian volunteers working in the health sector, HWC is a non-governmental health and development organization which strives to meet the health care needs of the Palestinian population living under the Israeli occupation, particularly the poor and the marginalized.
HWC services benefits over 400,000 beneficiaries, with the services provided by its 270 fulltime employees and over 150 part-time and contracted medical professionals in 17 health centers and clinics throughout the West Bank. These centers range from small clinics to a day surgery hospital that provides health services through general medicine, laboratory, radiology, surgery, and specialities.
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