Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AMMAN235
2009-01-27 14:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDAN SENDS HOSPITAL, MORE AID TO GAZA AND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 000235
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/26/2019
TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAL JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN SENDS HOSPITAL, MORE AID TO GAZA AND
RETURNS AMBASSADOR
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 000235
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/26/2019
TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAL JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN SENDS HOSPITAL, MORE AID TO GAZA AND
RETURNS AMBASSADOR
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (U) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) deployed a military
field hospital to Gaza on January 26. The field hospital
will be staffed by 180 medics, including specialists and
surgeons. Royal Medical Services Director General Abdul
Latif Wreikat publicly stated that the field hospital will
have the same capability as the King Hussein Medical Center
in Amman. The field hospital will be established in the Tal
Al Hawa area of Gaza and was projected to be operational on
January 27. It will have 44 beds, of which four will be set
aside for intensive care, and two ambulances.
2. (C) Royal Court Chief Nasser Lozi told Ambassador that the
King wanted to bring more Gazans to Jordan for medical
treatment but was discouraged from doing so by the Government
of Egypt. (Note: Lozi did not specify the Egyptian regime's
rationale. End Note.) Eight injured Palestinians were
brought to Amman on January 1 and are being treated at the
Queen Alia Military Hospital, according to a hospital
contact. The contact stated that the deployment of the field
hospital in Gaza made it unlikely that additional patients
would be brought to Jordan.
3. (U) Other aid from Jordan to Gaza continues. Jordan's
Ambassador to Israel Ali Ayed returned to Tel Aviv on January
25 and is helping coordinate the flow of aid. The Israeli
Political Counselor confirmed on January 27 that Ayed had
been in contact with the Israeli MFA today. On January 26,
the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) sent a
20-truck convoy carrying 227 tons of food and supplies to
Gaza.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/26/2019
TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAL JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN SENDS HOSPITAL, MORE AID TO GAZA AND
RETURNS AMBASSADOR
Classified By: Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
d).
1. (U) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) deployed a military
field hospital to Gaza on January 26. The field hospital
will be staffed by 180 medics, including specialists and
surgeons. Royal Medical Services Director General Abdul
Latif Wreikat publicly stated that the field hospital will
have the same capability as the King Hussein Medical Center
in Amman. The field hospital will be established in the Tal
Al Hawa area of Gaza and was projected to be operational on
January 27. It will have 44 beds, of which four will be set
aside for intensive care, and two ambulances.
2. (C) Royal Court Chief Nasser Lozi told Ambassador that the
King wanted to bring more Gazans to Jordan for medical
treatment but was discouraged from doing so by the Government
of Egypt. (Note: Lozi did not specify the Egyptian regime's
rationale. End Note.) Eight injured Palestinians were
brought to Amman on January 1 and are being treated at the
Queen Alia Military Hospital, according to a hospital
contact. The contact stated that the deployment of the field
hospital in Gaza made it unlikely that additional patients
would be brought to Jordan.
3. (U) Other aid from Jordan to Gaza continues. Jordan's
Ambassador to Israel Ali Ayed returned to Tel Aviv on January
25 and is helping coordinate the flow of aid. The Israeli
Political Counselor confirmed on January 27 that Ayed had
been in contact with the Israeli MFA today. On January 26,
the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) sent a
20-truck convoy carrying 227 tons of food and supplies to
Gaza.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman
Beecroft