Published 10/21/2024 11:57 | Edited 10/21/2024 12:29
The World Health Organization (WHO) is mobilizing to remove around a thousand Palestinians from Gaza. According to the European director of the WHO, Hans Kluge, in an announcement this Monday (21), those rescued should be women and children who are sick and injured.
According to Kluge, who made a strong appeal for peace and the non-politicization of wars when it comes to health, the evacuation of a thousand additional people will be carried out in the coming months through a collaboration between the UN agency and European Union countries that should welcome them. Israel has committed to not hindering the teams’ access, however, it continues with heavy bombings in the Palestinian territory.
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More than 40,000 people have already been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza. The previous week, the army intensified attacks on the enclave in a plan to make it uninhabitable. On that occasion, a school housing internally displaced people was hit and 28 died, including women and children.
According to the WHO, since October 2023, when the war in the Middle East began, almost 600 victims have been removed from Gaza and sent to seven European countries.
*With information from international agencies
Source: vermelho.org.br
