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Related: About this forumIDF said set to build field hospital on Syrian border
The IDF is reportedly preparing to erect a field hospital near Israels border with Syrian border on the Golan Heights in order to treat Syrian nationals wounded in the ongoing fighting and attempting to cross into Israel for medical assistance.
The decision to set up the hospital was taken two days after Israeli troops in an unprecedented move in the two-year Syrian civil war evacuated seven wounded Syrian refugees to an Israeli hospital after they had approached the border and appealed for help.
According to the plan, reported by Channel 10 on Monday night, the makeshift hospital will be set up close to the border in the central Golan Heights or near the Quneitra border crossing with Syria. The logic behind the move, the report said, was for Israel to be prepared to meet further possible medical pleas from additional Syrian refugees without having to take them for treatment inside Israeli territory.
The IDF reportedly expects that after Saturdays incident, Syrian refugees will flock to Israel for sanctuary from the bloody civil war that has wracked Syria for two years and claimed tens of thousands of lives.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-said-to-plan-field-hospital-on-syrian-border/
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)Will Jerry Seinfeld play Hawkeye?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)At least as far as the writers went.
By the way, did you know Jaime Farr is Lebanese-American?
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)So was Danny Thomas. There are a lot of Maronite Lebanese in the US.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I chalk that up to the writing.
formercia
(18,479 posts)A positive step for the IDF.