45 Gazan patients evacuated to UAE for medical treatment

By AP 1 January 2025, 2:45 am

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Dozens of patients and wounded have been evacuated for treatment outside the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

The 45 patients left the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis early Tuesday and traveled through the Kerem Shalom Crossing into Israel, Palestinian health officials say. They will receive treatment in the United Arab Emirates.

Among them is a 10-year-old boy, Abdullah Abu Yousef, suffering from kidney failure. He is accompanied by his sister after Israeli authorities rejected his mother’s application to join him. Israel says it screens escorts for security.

“The boy is sick,” says his mother, Abeer Abu Yousef. “He requires hemodialysis three to four days a week.”