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In first since Oct. 7, seriously ill Gazan children to leave for treatment via Kerem Shalom – report

By Emanuel Fabian 24 June 2024, 11:23 am 5 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Palestinian children with serious illnesses wait with family members at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 24, 2024, after they reportedly were given permission by the Israeli army to leave for treatment through the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing for the first time since the outbreak of war. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
Palestinian children with serious illnesses wait with family members at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 24, 2024, after they reportedly were given permission by the Israeli army to leave for treatment through the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing for the first time since the outbreak of war. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)

A group of Palestinian children with serious illnesses, including cancer, are reportedly to be allowed out of the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom border crossing, for the first time since the war began.

According to Palestinian media reports, the children, from the northern Gaza Strip, were to be taken abroad for treatment. The reports say the move was coordinated via the World Health Organization.

Since Israel’s takeover of the Rafah border crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border in early May, Palestinians have been unable to leave the Strip.

Israel had closed off all of its own crossings with Gaza after Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, later reopening them to deliver aid into the Strip, though not for Palestinians to leave.

There is no immediate comment from Israeli authorities on the move.

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