This article was originally published by the IMEMC and is republished with permission.

A Palestinian teen died on Wednesday due to the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported.

Dua' Omran, 18, was unable to leave Gaza to get the medical treatment she needed to stay alive due to the Israeli army closure of the Strip.

The Israeli army closed all entrances to and exits from the Gaza Strip in late June shortly after Hamas took total control of the Gaza Strip.

Despite its the withdrawal in September 2005, Israel still controls all entry and exit points in the Gaza Strip, and since the beginning of September 2007, all borders have been completely sealed, even for patients in dire need of medical treatment.

Physicians for Human Rights, based in Israel, filed an appeal in the Israeli High Court in October on behalf of eleven extremely ill Palestinian patients, in a bid to allow them to leave Gaza for lifesaving medical treatment.

Since then, four of the plaintiffs have been allowed to pass and three have died of their illnesses. In late November, the High Court ruled that the four patients should receive permission to exit Gaza to receive treatment in either Israel, the West Bank or Egypt, and gave the Israeli government one week to respond.

The ruling was not final, merely a 'suggestion', coming after a two and half week delay during which two of the plaintiffs died.

So far 42 Palestinians have died due to being prevented by Israel to leave Gaza for medical treatment, the youngest was Ibraheem Abu Nahal, who was one and a half years old.

In earlier reports media sources in Gaza said that the army was demanding Palestinian patients leaving Gaza give up information about resistance leaders or they will not be allowed out of the coastal region.