Gaza doctors strike against Hamas sackings

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Doctors in the Gaza Strip went on strike Saturday to protest the sacking of some 50 doctors and other health workers by the Hamas-run health ministry, saying the decision was politically motivated.

"Today we have begun a total strike in the government-run health sector in the Gaza Strip and there is good participation, with 70 percent taking part," an official in the health workers' union told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The official said emergency services providers and health workers loyal to the Islamist Hamas movement which has ruled Gaza since June 2007 were not taking part in the strike.

The doctors are protesting the firing of 46 doctors and administrators linked to the Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, which...

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