MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) visited Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on Tuesday, as staff were evacuating the emergency room and transferring patients to protected shelters in the basement amid constant rocket fire aimed at the region. MK Khenin said that “every additional hour of waiting for a ceasefire is unnecessary and increasing the difficult and valuable human cost.”

MK Khenin during the visit to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (Photo: Hadash)

MK Khenin expressed appreciation for the dedicated hospital staff who are working under impossible conditions. He also called on the government to stop procrastinating and to immediately agree to a cease-fire, and immediately thereafter to open a political dialogue with the Palestinian leadership.