Turkey is in talks with Israel and Egypt about establishing an air corridor to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate potentially thousands of injured Palestinians for treatment in Turkey, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. "Yesterday I spoke with (Palestinian) President Abbas and we want to get the injured people, thousands of them. They need urgent medical therapy, and we have already allocated places in our hospitals for them," Davutoglu told Reuters in an interview. "We are talking with both Egypt and Israel to have an air bridge to send humanitarian assistance ... If permission is given, our air ambulances will be carrying these passengers. The Israeli war on Gaza has led to the death of 1,875 Palestinians since it began on 8 July. Not less than 9000 Palestinians have been injured. Over 100 injured Palestinians from Gaza have been transferred to Egypt where they are treated in Egyptian hospitals. The Rafah border crossing betwee Egypt and Gaza has been opened only forhumanitarian cases since the start of the Israeli operation in Gaza. This article has been edited by Ahram Online" http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/107868.aspx
