Sheba Treats Gaza War Wounded, Israeli and Palestinian

Over the last 48 hours, seven military helicopters have brought 15 IDF soldiers by airlift for treatment at Sheba. This includes the Golani battalion commander who was moderately injured in the January 5 unfortunate friendly-fire incident and several others from the same battle. One soldier is in very, very, serious and critical condition. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni visited the wounded this afternoon. IDF troops also evacuated a seven-year-old Palestinian child who was hit the Palestinians' own kassam missile fire, and he is in the Safra Children's Hospital at Sheba for treatment. (This is highly unusual, because the Hamas is refusing to allow any Palestinian casualties out to Israeli hospitals. In this specific case, the child was brought out by IDF forces in the field). The Rehabilitation Hospital is gearing up in the expectation that Sheba will begin to receive many soldiers for long-term healing, from all the other hospitals in the country. In a paradoxical situation, these IDF soldiers will be in rehabilitation side-by-side with six senior Fatah officials of the former Palestinian Authority in Gaza. These men had their legs broken and limbs chopped off by the Hamas during the Hamas coup against Fatah in Gaza 18 months ago. Thus, IDF soldiers battling the Hamas, and Fatah victims of the Hamas, will be doing rehab side by side at Sheba. Uncomfortable, unique, and quintessentially Sheba.