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US lawmakers urge Clinton to aid Gaza - Yahoo! News

US lawmakers urge Clinton to aid Gaza - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (AFP) – Sixty US lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to give emergency funds to the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after its war with Israel.

In a letter dated Tuesday, the House Democrats also said Israel should allow critically ill patients to be transported out of Gaza and into Israel, the West Bank and Jordan for treatment.

'We therefore urge you to express this concern directly to Israeli government officials,' they said in the letter, which was obtained by AFP.

The representatives focused in their letter on worries about the flow of food and humanitarian goods into Gaza as well as medical services and reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed by Israeli strikes."

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