Geneva : The World Health Organisation said on Thursday it had carried out a rare evacuation of 97 people, around half of them children, from Gaza to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment and urged the resumption of regular such transfers.
“This was the largest evacuation yet from Gaza since October 2023,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the occupied Palestinian territory told reporters of the operation, which took place on Wednesday.
The patients included people suffering from cancer, blood and kidney diseases and trauma, he said.
They were evacuated by road and then by air from Israel’s Ramon airport, Reuters reported.
“Gaza needs medical corridors. We need a better organised and sustained system,” he said, adding that over 10,000 Gazans were awaiting transfer.
