One of the first wounded in the war between Israel and Hamas being evacuated from the Strip Loop to United Arab Emirates to receive emergency medical treatment was a Palestinian boy, who boarded, on a stretcher, a plane bound for Abu Dhabi.
He arrived in the middle of the night Egyptian Al Arich Airportnear the border post of Rafah -single crossing point Gaza Strip which is not in the hands of Israel – within the framework of a humanitarian mission organized by the Emirates.
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Along with eight other injured children, he waited in the back of one of six yellow ambulances parked near the runway.
Some were accompanied by their families.
One of the children has a broken spine, another a leg. Some suffer burns and others urgently need cancer treatment.
A platform lifted the stretchers and installed them in the back of the plane, which then took off for destination Abu Dhabicapital of the Emirates.
This is the first group of Palestinian children injured in Loop evacuated to the Emirates since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamastriggered after an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement, the October 7 on Israeli soil.
According to Israeli authorities, 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, died that same day. In retaliation, Israel, which promised “annihilate” to Hamas, bombs the Gaza Strip incessantly.
According to the Hamas government, 12,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombings, including 5,000 children, and 30,000 were injured.
The nine arrived in Abu Dhabi this Saturday morning and were later transferred to different hospitals.
In total, 1,000 children will be evacuated by air to the Gulf country to receive medical help.
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Two other seriously injured children, who could not board with the first group, should arrive in the capital of the Emirates on an upcoming flight.
United Arab Emirateswhich normalized relations with Israel in 2020, sent 51 planes with 1,400 tons of food and relief materials under a $20 million aid program, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Gaza’s hospitals, poorly equipped due to an Israeli blockade since Hamas began ruling the Strip in 2007, lack basic supplies and cannot cope with the large number of wounded from the war.
