Save the Children: 21,000 Palestinians await medical treatment abroad
GAZA, Oct. 30 (YPA) – Save the Children International has revealed that the evacuation of children from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad has declined by 75% compared with the first year of the Israeli genocidal war, while around 21,000 sick and injured Palestinians, a quarter of them children, are still waiting for permission to leave the Strip to receive the medical care they need.
In a news statement, the organization said thousands of Palestinian children face growing risks as medical evacuations continue to stall, amid shortages of essential medical services and treatment resources inside the Strip and the healthcare system’s inability to meet the needs of patients and the wounded.
The statement warned that the humanitarian situation of Palestinian children requiring urgent medical intervention is deteriorating.
It noted that it supports a safe space for Palestinian children in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, called Little Gaza, but a lack of funding threatens to force its closure next year, despite the urgent and continuing need for its services.
The statement added that around 5,000 people are on the waiting list to benefit from the facility’s services, reflecting the growing humanitarian, psychological and social needs of Palestinian families forced to leave the Strip.
It explained that since the start of the aggression on Gaza, it has provided various forms of assistance to around 18,000 Palestinians in Egypt, as part of efforts to support children and their families and meet their basic needs after leaving the Gaza Strip.
Regarding living conditions, data from the organization’s helpline revealed that 93% of those who contacted it are unable to meet their basic needs, while 75% of families have no income and 90% have no financial savings.
These figures reflect the widening scope of the Palestinian humanitarian crisis, which is no longer limited to shortages of medical care and stalled evacuations of patients and the wounded from the Gaza Strip, but also extends to the suffering of families who have left the Strip and now face harsh living conditions amid a lack of income and a declining ability to afford even the most basic necessities of life.
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