The UAE evacuates 127 injured, sick and accompanying people from Gaza

In a trip that is the twenty-third of its kind, the UAE today (Tuesday) implemented a humanitarian initiative in cooperation with the World Health Organization to evacuate 55 injured and critically ill patients from the Gaza Strip – including children and cancer patients in need of intensive treatment – from Ramon Airport in Israel and via the crossing. Karam Abu Salem received medical care in state hospitals, accompanied by 72 of their family members.

The evacuation of the injured, injured, and Palestinian cancer patients comes within the framework of the initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, “may God protect him,” in October 2023, to treat 1,000 children and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip in hospitals in the Emirates, and the number has reached up to Today 2,254 patients and companions.

This initiative reflects the importance of carrying out urgent humanitarian intervention to save lives, and embodies the UAE’s firm commitment to support the Palestinian people in Gaza during the catastrophic conditions surrounding the Strip, as the UAE’s various lines of communication facilitated humanitarian efforts and provided support to the residents of Gaza, and extended a helping hand to them in times of need..

The UAE has also made unremitting efforts to provide advanced health care to the injured and sick Palestinians, as the UAE field hospital in southern Gaza has treated more than 50,489 cases since its opening on December 2, 2023, while the floating hospital off the coast of the Egyptian city of Al-Arish has treated more than 8,597 cases since its opening in February. 2024.

Since the beginning of the crisis, the UAE has provided a broad relief response to the Palestinian brothers to support them in the critical circumstances they are going through, as it provided nearly 50,000 tons of relief, food and medical supplies..