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dimanche, janvier 08, 2006

Egypt agrees to reopen border

Palestinian security source reported, on Sunday at night, that Egypt has agreed to reopen its border with Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters reached an agreement with European officials, and pledged to keep calm in the area.

The Rafah Border Crossing was closed last Thursday after gunmen, said to be members of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fateh movement, shot and killed two Egyptian police officers and injured twelve others, during clashes which erupted on the borders.
 
Members of the Al Aqsa Brigades drove two bulldozers and demolished segments of the wall which separates Gaza from Egypt.
 
The Egyptian Authorities boosted its forces stationed in the area, and threatened to keep the crossing closed until the Palestinian Authority and contains the chaos.
 
All of the Palestinian factions slammed the clashes which caused the death of the two Egyptian border policemen and the large number on injuries on both sides.
 
The Palestinian Authority declared the two Egyptian officers killed in the attack as martyrs of the "Palestinian cause".

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Prof. Mor-Yosef: "Sharon likely to live, but can't predict damage"

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that Hadassah University Hospital director, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said on Saturday evening, that the latest scan of the brain of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, performed on Saturday, revealed what was described as a "slight improvement", but the overall condition of Sharon remains critical.

Hadassah doctors are scheduled to meet on Sunday morning to decide when to rouse Sharon from his induced coma; until he regains consciousness, it will be impossible to determine the extent of brain damage.
 
 
Sharon was taken, on Saturday morning for a procedural CT scan to check for internal bleeding and examine intra-cranial pressure following surgical intervention the day before, Haaretz reported.
 
Following the CT scan, Sharon's surgeon Dr. Jose Cohen told Channel 2 Saturday evening that the chances for survival are "very high".
 
Dr. Cohen described Sharon as "very strong," but said that it was very difficult to predict the extent of brain damage.
 
The improvement doctors noticed on the Sharon's CT scan was thanks to a certain diminution of the edema that causes the intra-cranial pressure", Haaretz quoted Dr. Mor-Yosef stating.
 
Edema is an observable swelling from fluid accumulation in certain body tissues.
 
 
Prof. Mor-Yosef: Sharon's condition remains unchanged; stable but serious
Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agencies, January 07, 2006, 16:52
 
 
Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah university Hospital, said that Sharon remained heavily sedated on Saturday on a respirator in the intensive care unit. Mor-Yosef described the condition of Sharon as stable, but still serious.
 
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that Sharon was taken for a procedural CT scan on Saturday morning, to check for internal bleeding and examine intra-cranial pressure following the surgical intervention.
 
Also, the Israel Radio reported on Saturday that the scan revealed no change in Sharon's condition, and that the full scan results will be announced during an official press briefing by the spokesman for Hadassah 6 P.M. on Saturday.
 
On Friday evening, the spokesman for the hospital, director Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, said that a CT scan showed that there was no active bleeding in the brain and that intra-cranial pressure has returned to normal.
 
Mor-Yosef added that most of the blood clots in the prime minister's brain have been drained.
 
 
Sharon in stable, but very serious condition
Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agencies - Friday, 06 January 2006, 18:20
 
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that a spokesman for Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, said on Friday evening, after Sharon emerged from surgery that the Israeli Prime remained in serious but stable condition.
 
This surgery is the third in two days, Hadassah hospital director Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, said that Sharon was sent to CT scan after surgery and that the scan showed that there is no active bleeding in the brain, ad that the intra-cranial pressure has returned to normal.

The first operation Sharon underwent last for seven hours.

Mor-Yosef added that Sharon's doctors are working to reposition the catheter in the brain, and that most of the blood clots in the prime minister's brain have been drained.

"After the operation, we transferred the prime minister to the CT scan unit to determine the state of his brain," Mor-Yosef stated, "I can say that in comparison to his previous CT scans, there has been a substantial improvement in the way the brain looks to Hadassah neurology experts".

Sharon rushed to surgery as health deteriorates
Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agencies, 16:27
 
The medical condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has deteriorated quickly after he suffered further cranial bleeding on Friday. Doctors said Sharon might die within a few days or even hours.
 
Sharon is undergoing emergency surgery intended to relieve intra-cranial pressure. Outside experts said the prognosis was not good, Israeli online daily Haaretz reported.
 
Director General of Hadassah Hospital, Professor Shlomo Mor-Yosef, reported that blood pressure in Sharon's cranium rose dangerously high, thus necessitating further surgery, Haaretz added.
 
According to Haaretz report, doctors have begun to speculate that Sharon may die within the next few days or even hours.
 
The increase in cranial pressure was discovered during a CT scan Sharon underwent in the morning.
 
Sharon's brain scan also showed some bleeding, a slight expansion of one of his brain lobes and a rise in his blood pressure.
 
While Sharon is dying under surgery, dozens of extremist settlers in several West Bank areas, especially Hebron, expressed joy and celebrated the health deterioration of Sharon.
 
"This is a punishment from God", an extremist settler said, "God is punishing Sharon for expelling the Jews from the Gaza Strip".
 
Haaretz also quoted a doctor who is not on Sharon's medical team, saying on Friday that he believes the surgical treatment Sharon is undergoing, includes draining the brain from the accumulation of fluids in an attempt to relieve the intra-cranial pressure.
 
The medical term for Sharon's condition is severe hydrocephalus; this complication is to be expected, and is caused by the massive hemorrhage in Sharon's brain.

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Strict siege resumes over Tulkarem

Israeli soldiers resumed, on Sunday, the strict siege wrapping Tulkarem area and installed dozens of roadblocks on main roads which links Tulkarem with the surrounding villages, and other Palestinian areas.

Palestinenet News Website reported that soldiers barred the residents from crossing the roadblocks, and threatened to fire at them if they attempt to.
 
The residents were forced them to head for other destinations after they were unable to go back home.  
 
A number of merchants who were attempting to bring goods to Tulkarem area said that soldiers refused to allow the camions and vehicles carrying the merchandise to crossing.
 
Several merchants reported that closure is them considerable losses especially since the unemployment rates are increasing.

Head of the Chamber of Commerce in Tulkarem, Shukri Al Jallad, appealed the international organizations to end the suffering of the residents, and warned of a real economic collapse in Tulkarem area.  
 
Also, several candidates to the Palestinian Legislative Council said that the military procedures are barring them from campaigning in Tulkarem and its surrounding areas.
 
Several candidates were detained on military checkpoints for several hours, and were barred from crossing.  
 
The candidates had to walk through lands and hills in order to reach the villages and campaign their.

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Palestinian killed in clashes between P.A and gunmen

Palestinian security and medical sources in Gaza reported, on Sunday, that Palestinian gunmen broke into a police headquarter in Gaza city, and exchanged fire with security men; one gunman was killed and three others were injured.
The gunmen said that they broke into the building in order to demand employment in the Palestinian devices.  
 
Ten other Palestinians were injured in earlier clashes which erupted between gunmen and P.A policemen in the central Gaza Strip.
 
The Palestinian ministry of interior reported that as a police force was attempted to arrest a resident of Dir Al Balah, a number of his relatives exchanged fire with them; the resident is wanted for criminal charges.
 
One policeman was seriously injured in the clashes.  
 
Several Palestinian factions released statements demanding the Palestinian Authority to end the state of chaos and insecurity in the Palestinian territories.
 
The factions condemned the violent clashes, the abduction of foreigners, and attacks against governmental buildings.  
 
Meanwhile, as the infighting inflamed in Gaza, Israeli artillery fired several artillery shells at areas in the northern Gaza Strip.
 
An Israeli military source claimed that resistance fighters are using the shelled are to fire homemade shells at areas, south of Israel.

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jeudi, janvier 05, 2006

Sharon to be on respirator, deep sedation at least 24 hours

Hadassah Ein Karem University Hospital director, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, said on Thursday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, will remain under heavy sedation at least for additional 24 more hours, and continues to be in serious – but stable – condition. 

Sharon underwent eight hours of surgery as neurosurgeons were attempting to stabilize his condition and stop the new bleeding which was detected in his brain.
 
"Sharon is still in a serious, but stable condition", Mor-Yosef stated, "All the parameters are as expected following this type of surgery, part of the treatment of the Prime Minister is to preserve low pressure in the skull".
 
Earlier on Thursday, Sharon had been given a CT scan following six hours of surgery; the scan revealed additional areas of bleeding in the brain, which caused Sharon's admittance to the operating room, once again, for further surgery.
 
Sharon suffered a massive stroke on Wednesday and underwent prolonged surgery overnight to stop widespread bleeding in the brain.
 
"All vital signs are functional and stable, but he is still in a critical condition, the CT scan revealed that the bleeding in his brain had been stopped", Mor-Yosef reported, He was moved following the surgery to the intensive care unit.
 
"I came here first to update you and second to stop the rumors that are flooding the country", he added, "I assure you that every change in the Sharon's condition will be announced in a statement by Hadassah".
 
After surgery; Sharon in serious condition, vital signs in order       
Saed Bannoura-IMEMC & Agencies - Thursday, 05 January 2006, 10:54
   
On Thursday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon emerged from surgery with vital signs showing proper levels, yet his general condition remained very serious, said Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, in Jerusalem.
The surgery on Sharon started at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and continued throughout the night in an effort to drain the blood from the brain and seal off the blood vessels.
 
He was reportedly taken out of the operation room at 4:45 a.m. and taken for tests. Sharon was quickly taken back into the room to stop additional hemorrhages.
 
Neurosurgeons had fought, during the several hours' surgery, to stabilize Sharon's condition and stop new bleeding detected in his brain.
 
He was rushed to hospital on Wednesday at night after suffering what was described as "far-reaching" stroke and massive brain hemorrhage.
 
Israeli TV Channel 2 said on Wednesday at night that Sharon was suffering from paralysis in his lower body.
 
The Israeli Ynetnews website reported that Sharon's brain hemorrhage was stopped and he was taken to the intensive care unit.
 
The Ynetnews quoted a senior Hospital official saying that even in the most optimistic scenario; Sharon is expected to stay at the intensive care unit for a long time and later move on to a lengthy rehabilitation period.
 
Also, Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that at around 5:30 A.M. Thursday, Sharon's physician, Professor Bolek Goldman, left the hospital accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon and the prime minister's political advisor, Erez Halfon.
 
Goldman had said Wednesday night that he expected Sharon "to emerge from surgery safely".
 
Haaretz quoted Prof. Mor-Yosef saying that they are still additional areas in Sharon's condition that must be treated. "Sharon is currently sedated and depending on a respirator, he is in a grave condition", he added.
 
Sharon is also receiving medication to counter the bleeding, and the drugs he is receiving would take several hours to have the needed effect.
 
On the political level, Sharon's ministerial authority was transferred to the Israeli acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who called for an emergency cabinet meeting at 9 A.M on Thursday.
 
The cabinet convened for an emergency meeting at 9 A.M, the cabinet meeting was attended by the Kadima and Likud minister whose resignation was postponed. 
 
Olmert told the cabinet that the government will carry on running the country and "pray for good news from the hospital".
 
During the meeting, Sharon's chair at the center of the long oval table remained empty.
 
Israeli Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, told reporters following the short cabinet meeting, that "the message the cabinet is sending is that the government is functioning".
 
Livni added that she will do everything in her power to help the acting Prime Minister "reach the right decisions". 
 
Meanwhile, Israeli radio reported, on Thursday morning, that Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu decided, on Thursday morning, to postpone the resignation of his Likud ministers from government in light of the poor health of Sharon.
 
Close aides to Netanyahu said that he decided to support the interim PM Ehud Olmert and remain in the government.

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