21 children with cancer leave Gaza for treatment

GAZA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-one Palestinian children with cancer left Gaza on Thursday through the Kerem Shalom crossing for treatment abroad for the first time since the Rafah border was closed in early May, the health authorities in Gaza said.

"The cases are mostly leukemia and are curable, but they are now at risk of death due to the lack of treatment and necessary health care, and that is why we need to