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WHO official says up to 11,000 Palestinians need immediate medical evacuation
4 June 2024 14:49 BST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that 7,000 to more than 11,000 Palestinian patients need immediate medical evacuations from the Gaza Strip.
“If you’re talking about leaving nobody behind, we are already leaving significant numbers behind from Gaza, but also, when there’s pressure on already fragile health systems in the neighbouring countries,” said Hanan Balkhy, World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, speaking Geneva.
“So we have a lot of work ahead of us...if we do not have peace, that’s going to be an extremely challenging situation. We need peace within the borders to open up.”