Israeli authorities have facilitated the first medical evacuation from Gaza since May, allowing 68 sick and injured children and their companions to leave the territory. This evacuation marks the first time critically ill patients have been able to exit Gaza since the Rafah crossing was shut down in early May. Among the evacuees are 21 critically ill children, who were set to exit Gaza on Thursday, June 27, according to Palestinian officials. The Rafah crossing, Gaza's sole travel crossing, had been closed following an incursion by Israeli forces. The children and their companions were allowed into Egypt.
Israeli authorities say 68 sick and injured children and their companions have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down. https://t.co/VswXhFzeyW
Officials: 68 sick and injured children leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May https://t.co/HAuSlygJ7y
#Breaking Israeli authorities have said 68 poorly and injured children and their companions have left Gaza in the first medical evacuation since May https://t.co/uHJ9A6KBct
Twenty-one critically ill children were set to exit Gaza on Thursday in the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down in early May, Palestinian officials said. https://t.co/SKe9E1k2Ww
Twenty-one ill children set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May https://t.co/D1rBHCxsKL
6 critically-ill children among first to leave Gaza via Rafah https://t.co/f8Hjxa0aWB
6 children among first batch of critically-ill patients to leave Gaza since Israel's Rafah incursion: https://t.co/f8Hjxa0aWB
6 children among first batch of critically-ill patients to leave Gaza since Israel's Rafah incursion https://t.co/f8Hjxa0aWB