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Indonesia to send medical team to Palestine

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-29 16:05

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government will send a team of three members representing its Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) to Palestine to provide medical and logistic aids for Palestinian victims of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip, the national Antara News Agency reported on Monday.

"The MER-C representative will try to enter Gaza through Egypt and if they were denied access, they would leave the medical and logistic aids at the border," said Jose Rizal, MER-C spokesman.

He said the three representatives from MER-C was made up of two doctors and a logistic manager.

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Before that, Indonesia Healthy Ministry decided to send medicine assistance worth of $200,000to Palestine.

Israeli warplanes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas- ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 150 people in the bloodiest day for Palestinians in more than 20 years.

Earlier, the Indonesian government had condemned the attack and called for Israel to end the use of violence in the Gaza Strip because it would prompt new tensions in the area.