Fifteen individuals from the Gaza Strip landed in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening, marking the primary flight of an initiative geared toward transporting 1,000 Palestinian kids and their households to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“The first plane carrying 15 people, including children and their families, arrived in the UAE as part of the initiative directed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, to provide medical treatment for 1,000 children accompanied by their families from the Gaza Strip in the UAE’s hospitals,” the Emirati Foreign Ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Departing from El Arish International Airport within the Arab Republic of Egypt, the aircraft landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport carrying kids in pressing want of medical help, together with these affected by extreme accidents and burns, in addition to most cancers sufferers requiring intensive remedy, the ministry added.
Assistant Foreign Minister for Health Maha Barakat emphasised that, “All medical and healthcare staff and the UAE’s hospitals are prepared to receive the remaining children and their families, to provide them with comprehensive care as well as specialized services in accordance with international standards and to ensure they are fully recovered prior to their safe return.” Barakat didn’t specify the date for the arrival of the opposite teams anticipated to be airlifted as a part of the initiative.
“Since the outbreak of the crisis, the UAE immediately provided urgent humanitarian aid and supplies to the Gaza Strip,” she famous, including that Sheikh Mohammed “issued a directive” to allocate a humanitarian assist package deal of $20 million.
Sheikh Mohammed additionally ordered the institution of an built-in subject hospital contained in the Gaza Strip, Barakat added.
Barakat mentioned the UAE had to this point dispatched 51 planes carrying 1,400 tons of meals, medical and aid provides to “support endeavors aiming at providing relief in the Gaza Strip, in coordination with international organizations such as the U.N. World Food Programme.”
Israel has killed greater than 12,300 Palestinians in its air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip because the shock offensive by Hamas. The official Israeli demise toll, in the meantime, stands at about 1,200.
Thousands of buildings, together with hospitals, mosques and church buildings, have both been broken or destroyed in Israel’s relentless strikes on the besieged enclave.
An Israeli blockade has additionally reduce Gaza off from gasoline, electrical energy, and water provides and diminished assist deliveries to a trickle.
Israel has rejected rising requires a cease-fire till the discharge of hostages held by Hamas.
Source: www.dailysabah.com