health
February 27, 2026
Boy born in Gaza refused cancer treatment by Israel (RT VIDEO)
RT's Charlotte Dubenskij has met a critically ill Palestinian boy, repeatedly barred from receiving treatment in Israel
TL;DR
- Five-year-old Mohammed ‘Dodi’ Assad from Ramallah has acute blood and bone marrow cancer.
- His family's requests to transfer him to Israel for treatment have been denied by Israeli courts.
- The refusal is based on Dodi being born in Gaza, which has an entry ban for residents.
- Dodi's treatment options in the West Bank have been exhausted.
- Israeli non-profit Gisha advocates for his movement, calling the denial an act of 'vengeance, racism, hatred'.
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