During an interview today, Hans Kluge, the Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, addressed the urgent situation in Gaza. He stated that up to 1,000 women and children are expected to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Europe soon to receive emergency medical care.
Kluge told AFP that Israel, which is currently surrounding the Gaza Strip, “has committed to implementing a medical evacuation operation of over 1,000 individuals to the European Union (EU) in the coming months.”
He emphasized that the WHO, along with relevant European countries, will assist in the medical evacuation efforts.
Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative in the Palestinian territories, mentioned in May that around 10,000 people need to be evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical attention.
Meanwhile, ongoing Israeli military operations have intensified in the northern Gaza refugee camp of Jabalia. Residents and medical staff reported that Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on residential buildings and are surrounding schools and shelters designated for displaced individuals.
Additionally, they indicated that Israeli forces have been detaining men and ordering women to leave the refugee camps.
Staff members at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza told Reuters that soldiers stormed a school, detained men, and then set the school on fire. This fire affected the hospital’s generator, leading to a power outage.
They also mentioned that while Israeli forces remained outside the Indonesian Hospital, they did not enter. In contrast, personnel at the Kamal Adwan Hospital reported that intense gunfire occurred near their facility during the night.
A nurse from the Indonesian Hospital, who wished to remain anonymous, shared, “The army is burning several schools near the hospital, and no one can come in or out.”
