Gaza cancer patients arrive in Turkiye for treatment

More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkiye for treatment in the early hours of Thursday.

Turkish Health Minister said 27 patients had been flown to Turkiye from Egypt, along with 13 companions, without specifying whether these were doctors or family members.

He added that the cancer patients had been able to cross from Gaza into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing. 

He also said that Turkiye was waiting for Egypt's permission to open its first field hospital at the Rafah crossing. 

Turkiye has sent a ship loaded with material for field hospitals, ambulances and generators to Egypt to treat civilians.