Look: UAE Conducts Urgent Medical Evacuation For Patients From Gaza

2025-08-21 02:30:28

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)

In cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UAE has conducted a new medical evacuation flight, which included 155 patients and injured individuals, along with their family members from the Gaza Strip. The flight departed from Ramon Airport in Israel via Karam Abu Salem crossing.

To date, the UAE has evacuated 2,785 patients and their families to provide access to medical treatment since the onset of the crisis.

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The latest medical evacuation flight is under the directives of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to provide medical treatment for 1,000 Palestinian children and 1,000 cancer patients throughout the nation's hospitals.

In this regard, Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development and International Organisations and Vice Chairman of the UAE Aid Agency, emphasised the UAE's dedication to providing a rapid humanitarian response, including the urgent transport of patients and injured civilians from the Gaza Strip.

Al Shamsi underscored that the Emirati medical teams have transported critically wounded and injured patients to hospitals across Abu Dhabi, while other patients and their family members are accommodated at the Emirates Humanitarian City, where they will receive the necessary medical care, under the supervision of specialised medical teams.

Since the onset of the crisis, the UAE has provided medical services, medication, and essential medical equipment on the UAE hospital ship anchored in Egypt's Al-Arish Port, as well as an Emirati field hospital in southern Gaza.

The continuous medical evacuation flights are part of a comprehensive and urgent humanitarian response plan to mitigate the crisis and provide relief to those most in need.

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