Israeli Hospitals Treating Scores of Wounded Syrians

Aimee Herd : Sep 6, 2013
Oren Kessler – TheTower.org

"More than 120 Syrians have received medical treatment in various Israeli facilities during the two and a half years of the Syrian civil war." -TheTower.org

(Nahariya, Israel)—Several news outlets, CNN, NBC among others, have reported on the way other countries—rivals of Israel—have been depending on the excellent, unbiased care their victims of war have received at the hands of Israelis.

A report in TheTower.org notes how the Western Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel, has become a sort of "epicenter" for those wounded in Syria's civil war.

One Syrian woman said she had sought medical care for her wounded daughter, but knew she would face retaliation if she returned to her country. "I brought my girl here because she was hit by a sniper's bullet," the woman said in TheTower report. "The hospital in my town was destroyed. They have saved her here, but now I am afraid to go back. We will be marked."

Western Galilee Medical Center's clinical director, Masad Barhoum notes, "When they wake up and find that they are in Israel they are anxious and afraid. We don't ask them any questions; we just do what we can to make them feel comfortable…"

The hospital is near to the Lebanese border, and during the 2006 Lebanon War, they reportedly treated around 1,800 civilians and 300 IDF troops.

Western is one of three hospitals in northern Israel, according to TheTower.org, that is currently treating a large amount of Syrians wounded in their country's conflict.