In a rare medical evacuation from the Palestinian enclave amid Israel’s offensive, more than 100 patients, including children, will be moved out of the Gaza Strip today, according to a World Health Organization official quoted by Reuters.
The patients, which include youngsters with chronic illnesses and trauma injuries, will leave in a sizable convoy through the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, according to which representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Rik Peeperkorn.
The WHO has arranged for the patients to take a flight from Ramon Airport in southern Israel to the United Arab Emirates, with some continuing on to Romania, he said.
Ad hoc measures are what these are. A prolonged medevac (medical evacuation) outside of Gaza is what we have constantly called for,” Peeperkorn said at a press conference.
He expressed his expectation that Israeli authorities would support the transfer when asked if Israel had approved it.
