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- The mission was conducted through Ramon Airport in Israel and through the Karam Abu Salem crossing
- Since October 2023, under “Operation Chivalrous Knight 3,” the UAE has evacuated 2,961 Palestinian patients and their companions from Gaza
LONDON: The UAE evacuated dozens of patients from the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment as part of its humanitarian efforts to assist Palestinians.
On Wednesday, a mission was conducted to evacuate 57 patients from Gaza, along with their family members, via Ramon Airport in Israel and through the Karam Abu Salem crossing, to receive medical treatment in the UAE.
Since October 2023, under “Operation Chivalrous Knight 3,” the UAE has evacuated 2,961 patients and their companions from Gaza, according to the Emirates News Agency.
The UAE International Aid Agency conducted its 29th medical evacuation on Wednesday, aiming to treat 1,000 wounded Palestinians and 1,000 cancer patients in hospitals across the country.
Sultan Mohammed Al-Shamsi, vice chairman of the agency, affirmed the UAE’s commitment to easing the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
His agency is coordinating with international organizations to provide healthcare, medical treatment, medications and essential supplies to patients in Gaza and the wounded at the UAE’s floating hospital off the coast of Arish, Egypt. It collaborates with a UAE-operated field hospital in southern Gaza to address the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, which has affected children, women and the elderly.
The UAE also sent the largest convoy of water tankers to northern Gaza on Wednesday to help alleviate the worsening humanitarian crisis and address the acute shortage of drinkable water, the WAM added.
The initiative seeks to restore safe water access where infrastructure is damaged, while also providing food parcels and aid to displaced families in northern Gaza.