Israel and Hamas agree: Gaza to soon get new hospital

Surveying began this month for the erection of a 43,000-square-foot field hospital for Gaza Strip residents next to the Erez border crossing into Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved the preliminary work as part of understandings reached in Egyptian-mediated talks with Hamas.

The hospital, like almost every other new project in Gaza, will be funded by the Qatari government. It will rely on the infrastructure, expertise, experience and resources of Friend Ships, an American NGO staffed by volunteers who provide humanitarian assistance to people in war zones and victims of natural disasters.