About 5,600 children in Gaza are among approximately 22,000 patients awaiting urgent medical evacuation abroad, according to a senior hospital official, Anadolu reports.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, director of the Children’s and Maternity Building at Nasser Medical Complex, said ongoing delays and border crossing closures have left critically ill and injured patients without access to essential life-saving treatment outside the enclave.
Al-Farra reported that two to three patients die daily while waiting for transfer approvals. He called on the United Nations and international organizations to facilitate the immediate reopening of border crossings to allow medical evacuations.
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The Israeli army has killed more than 1,400 Palestinians and wounded over 5,000 others since the ceasefire, according to figures from Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed over 74,000 people and wounded more than 175,000 others in a brutal offensive that has also destroyed %90 of Gaza’s infrastructure.
READ: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza call for humanitarian aid as winter approaches
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