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World Jewish News
Poland offers psychological treatment to Gaza children
10.06.2009
eventy-three Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip will spend three weeks in Poland for psychological care following an invitation from President Lech Kaczynski, the daily Rzeczpospolita reported.
The children, aged 8 to 15, were taken by presidential plane from Egypt to a health center in Golowice, central Poland, for meetings with mental health specialists.
Many of the children saw family members die during a recent Israel offensive in the Gaza Strip, said Mahmoud Abu Aisha, of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program.
"Because of the closed borders, Palestinian children couldn't even dream of such a vacation," Aisha told the daily. "Unfortunately, this is the only program of its kind. No other country in the world had this idea like Poland."
More than 1,400 Palestinians were killed and some 5,000 wounded in the Israeli offensive from December 27, 2008, to January 18, 2009.
On the Israeli side, three civilians were killed in Palestinian rocket attacks while tens of soldiers were killed in fighting.
Источник: Haaretz
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