Palestinian health ministry says 11,000 people need urgent treatment abroad

An estimated 11,000 patients and wounded people are in urgent need of leaving the Gaza Strip to receive life-saving treatment abroad, the Palestinian health ministry said in a brief statement. 

Of nearly 70,000 people wounded in Israeli air strikes in four months of bombardment, only a few dozen people have been allowed to leave the besieged strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt.