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all the health indexes (maternal death, infant mortality, etc) are very high

That statement seems to contradict http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip#Health ; can you cite any published data justifying your claims?

Tons.

And the wikipedia text is very misleading, because it does not compare the data to other countries. For example nearly all woman during childbearing years are anemic, there is nothing unusual about gaza.

Infant mortality: (for comparison 49.4 is world average)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

It has one of the lowest death rates in the world:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

You can check the rest of the numbers for yourself:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

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