Turkey to airlift injured Palestinians for treatment

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – AUGUST 13: Some of eighteen Palestinians injured during Israel’s weeks-long onslaught on the Gaza Strip are received medical treatment by Turkish Health Ministry medical rescue workers at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, a distance of around 70 kilometers from Gaza, before Turkish military plane airlift the wounded Palestinians to hospitals in Turkey on August 13, 2014. The plane is due to arrive at 4:30 pm (GMT 13:30) this afternoon at Etimesgut military airport in Ankara. Around seven other injured Palestinians have already been airlifted to Turkey this week. This is part of a plan by Turkey to airlift a total of 200 Palestinians for treatment, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced Monday. (Sarp Özer – Anadolu Agency)