WHO says up to 1,000 sick women and children to be evacuated from Gaza

Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization's Europe branch said in comments published on Monday.

He said the evacuations would be facilitated by the WHO- the United Nations' health agency and the European countries involved. The WHO Europe has already facilitated 600 medical evacuations from Gaza to seven European countries since the latest war began there in October 2023.