Israel continues to refuse permission for a Palestinian child to reach Tel HaShomer Hospital for life-saving treatment.
Four-year-old Mohammad Ahmad Abu Asad from Gaza is suffering from leukemia. He is lying in the intensive care unit at Istishari Hospital in Ramallah and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant—available only at Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv, which has already agreed to receive him.
I have spoken with his family, and we reached out to human rights organizations in Israel who tried to intervene. Despite their efforts—and despite Mohammad having full financial coverage and an official referral for treatment—Israeli authorities still refuse to grant him a permit to cross the checkpoint in an ambulance, citing so-called “security reasons.”
Save Mohammad’s life.
Let him through.
Let him live.