Today, Wednesday, the European Union provided 13 million euros to the Palestinian Authority to support the bill for medical referrals to Jerusalem hospitals.

Contributions from the European Union will help hospitals provide basic health care services to Palestinian patients from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, while the Palestinian Authority will help meet its financial obligations towards these hospitals in light of its chronic severe financial crisis.

These hospitals are an essential part of the Palestinian healthcare system, providing specialized medical services not available anywhere else in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

"This contribution underscores our strong commitment to maintaining access to specialized medical services for all Palestinians," said EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff.

Burgsdorff praised the process of reforming the external medical referral system led by the Ministry of Health, and we encourage more efforts towards a more efficient and fair system.

He said, "We are committed to supporting medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals, which have served Palestinian citizens for more than 50 years, as maintaining their work and presence in East Jerusalem remains a priority for us."