COPENHAGEN: As much as 1,000 ladies and youngsters needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the pinnacle of the World Well being Group’s Europe department mentioned in feedback printed on Monday (Oct 21).
Israel, which is besieging the war-devastated Palestinian territory, “is dedicated to 1,000 extra medical evacuations inside the subsequent months to the European Union”, Hans Kluge mentioned in an interview with AFP.
He mentioned the evacuations could be facilitated by the WHO – the United Nations’ well being company – and the European international locations concerned.
On Thursday, UN investigators mentioned Israel was intentionally concentrating on health facilities in Gaza, and killing and torturing medical personnel there, accusing the nation of “crimes in opposition to humanity”.
Rik Peeperkorn, WHO consultant within the occupied Palestinian territories, mentioned in Could that round 10,000 individuals wanted evacuating from Gaza for pressing medical care.
The WHO Europe has already facilitated 600 medical evacuations from Gaza to seven European international locations because the newest warfare started there in October 2023.
“This is able to by no means have occurred if we didn’t hold the dialogue (open),” Kluge mentioned.
“The identical (is true) for Ukraine,” he added. “I hold the dialogue (open) with all companions.
“Now, 15,000 HIV-AIDS sufferers in Donbas, the occupied territories (of Ukraine), are getting HIV-AIDS drugs,” the 55-year-old Belgian mentioned in English, stressing the significance of “not politicising well being”.
“A very powerful medication is peace,” he mentioned, noting that healthcare employees needed to be allowed to do their jobs in battle zones.
