At least 10,000 Palestinians require medical evacuation from Gaza, the spokesperson for the World Health Organisation (WHO), Christian Lindmeier, said yesterday.
“The organisation has evacuated four children along with their escorts through Egypt to Belgium, but the operation is ongoing, and precise numbers cannot be provided at this moment,” Lindmeier said in a press conference.
Lindmeier noted that the WHO would release the necessary data upon the completion of the evacuation process.
Medical evacuations have almost entirely stopped since 6 May when Israel invaded Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, took over the border crossing between the enclave and Egypt and raised the Israeli flag over it.
The entry of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians has been hindered even further by occupation authorities since.
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