Israeli court blocks life-saving cancer care for boy, 5, due to his Gaza address

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/israel-court-blocks-life-saving-cancer-care-boy-5-gaza-address

An Israeli court has rejected an appeal to allow a five-year-old Palestinian boy with an aggressive form of cancer to enter Israel for life-saving treatment, citing a government policy that bars residents registered in Gaza from crossing the border, even when they no longer live there.

In a ruling issued on Sunday, the Jerusalem district court dismissed a petition seeking permission to transfer the child from Ramallah to Tel HaShomer hospital near Tel Aviv for a bone marrow transplant – a procedure unavailable in either Gaza or the occupied West Bank. The boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 where he was receiving medical care unavailable in the Gaza Strip. His doctors have determined that he urgently requires antibody immunotherapy.

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sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 53 pts · 216d (5 replies)

Israel is one of the top 5 mistakes of the 20th century.

PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 216d (4 replies)

I find it insane that right after the Holocaust, Zionists decided to do ethnic cleansing of their own.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 215d

the abused becomes the abusers.

kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d (1 reply)

I find it insane that every time Israeli crimes comes up, someone bring the holocaust up, which which was 3 full generations ago and has nothing to do with Israels criminality. Israelis always pretend to be victims.

DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 215d

Victims of what?

sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 211d

Never again meant never again will they be victims of genocide - nothing against perpetrating a genocide..

SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 34 pts · 216d

Israel is a shit stain upon the earth. It’s government, and the public that cheers this shit on, needs to be erased and written over with 0’s.

ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 216d (2 replies)

That is so mild compared to what they've done and still doing to Palestinian children.

skrlet13@feddit.cl · 11 pts · 216d (1 reply)

The bar is under hell... I hate this. I wish Israel stopped being so cruel and greedy.

kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d

They are a criminal terrorist regime. I wished they stopped having an independent government and were put under adult supervision, at the point of a gun if necessary. They should be a territory of Jordan or Turkey.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 17 pts · 216d

Fuck Israel

It's not a legitimate state and never has been

It was stolen so that the US and UK could have a tame dog in the land of oil

Zionists are filth, and I hope to see a free Palestine someday

Etterra@discuss.online · 9 pts · 216d

Israel: how can we be even eviler?

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 9 pts · 216d (8 replies)
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Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 216d (7 replies)

Why was this removed? There's nothing antisemitic about it - it's just criticising the genocidal state of Israel.

goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 216d (4 replies)

Lemmy world now using the definition of antisemitism that says can't say anything bad about Israel or zionists?

Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 216d (1 reply)

Seems like it.

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 216d

Seems to be the definition that most people in power and media use, sadly.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 215d

Yep I got spanked for criticism of Israel. It’s pretty disturbing to see this behavior on lemmy

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · -2 pts · 215d

Given the significant number of posts and comments condemning Israel and Zios, I would say "no"

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 215d

.world has pro-zionist agendas. even criticizing the billionaires about censoring university speech is "anti-semitic"

mathemachristian@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 216d

I bet it's the isntrael emoji which shows the pissrahelli flag burning. It was a huge deal when it got added on hexbear because it contains the star of david, so some said it could get used by antisemites, but the faction arguing against that made a pretty convincing if very long argument that I am unable to faithfully reproduce rn.

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 215d (1 reply)

Maybe another nation should take him in and administer treatment?

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 215d

This

There must be non genocidal nations out there that are willing to help a small sick child, no matter where he lives or what his nationality is?

Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 216d

Hey albo, mind asking genocide advocate Herzog if he approves?

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 216d (2 replies)

Hopefully Egypt or Jordan or Lebanon or Turkey or Saudi Arabia or Iran or any other trillion dollar petrostate can help out

ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 216d (1 reply)

They won't because they are collaborators. They do what the United States of Izrael wants. Except for Iran which used to supply weapons.

EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 215d

Next time some leadershit in the U.S. or other collaborator nation whines about declining birthrates, we remind them that they are actively supporting a genocide.

No reproduction for nations that demonstrate such brazen disregard for life.

DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com · 1 pts · 215d

The 5 year old should join ISIS if he wants US taxpayer funded health care in Israel.