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Anadolu Agency cameraman hurt in Gaza brought to Turkey

Enes Ebu Muaylik was wounded while covering the conflict.

01.08.2014 - Update : 01.08.2014
Anadolu Agency cameraman hurt in Gaza brought to Turkey

ISTANBUL 


An Anadolu Agency cameraman wounded as he covered the Israeli bombardment of Gaza has been taken to a hospital in Istanbul.

Enes Ebu Muaylik was transferred from Cairo on Friday to Istanbul for treatment by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency on the instruction of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

Muaylik was injured in the stomach, back and foot and was initially treated at Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah which came under attack by Israeli warplanes. A doctor and four other hospital staff were killed.

He was ferried by ambulance to Arish, in northern Sinai, on Wednesday before being transferred to Cairo for treatment.

The journalist accused Israel of deliberately targeting the media and first aid teams. 

"Journalists have increasingly become targets of Israeli attacks in Gaza. I was attacked when I was at the hospital for a feature story. Israel especially targets medical staff and the journalists," he said. 

A three-day truce came into effect in the Gaza Strip at 0800 (0500 GMT) upon a request from the United Nations to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Stating the importance of the ceasefire, Muaylik said: "The silence of the world causes a disaster in Gaza. We have no one to support our resistance in Gaza. I hope the ceasefire will relieve the war-torn people."

A total of 1,458 Gazans have been killed and 8,375 others injured by Israel's attacks since the war on Gaza started on July 7. Fifty-six Israeli soldiers and three civilians have also been killed since hostilities began.

Israel and the Palestinians are to send negotiators to Cairo, Egypt, to discuss a long-term truce.

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