UAE Receives Wounded Palestinian Children as Part of Humanitarian Aid Efforts Amid Gaza Crisis

Emirates (UAE), which has promised to assist one thousand youth, received an aircraft bringing the first batch of wounded Palestinian youngsters from the Israel-Hamas conflict.After making it through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing into Gaza, the group of fifteen people—including their families—took a plane to Abu Dhabi.The youngsters who were in the most serious condition required to lie on stretchers, therefore some of the plane’s seats had to be removed.

Even before the recent conflict, Gaza’s hospitals lacked basic supplies and were ill-equipped. As a result, they are unable to handle the demand. After almost 1,200 Israelis and foreigners were murdered in Hamas strikes on October 7, Israel blockaded Gaza and allowed only limited supplies, including medical help, to enter.

The foreign ministry claimed that as part of a $20 million aid package, the UAE had deployed dozens of flights delivering food and emergency goods.According to the medical assistance organization in Berlin, staff members of Doctors without Borders (MSF) and their families are stranded outside Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital.A futile attempt at evacuation was made for the 137 individuals associated with it, including 65 children, according to MSF.

A shortage of food and clean water might result in deaths “in the days, or even hours ahead,” the organization said, calling for an urgent cease-fire to enable residents to flee.For the last week, it claimed, its employees and their families have been unable to vacate lodgings close to the hospital.

“On Tuesday, the Doctors without Borders guesthouse came under fire, luckily with no one injured,Luckily, there were no injuries sustained during Tuesday’s incident at the Doctors without Borders guesthouse “.Along with the water tank, the office was targeted by shrapnel on Thursday.

Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza lost hundreds of patients, employees, and displaced residents on Saturday; just a minimal staff remains to tend to those who are too ill to go.Doctors and nurses, together with displaced individuals and amputees, led columns of sick and injured people toward the waterfront, as reported by the AFP news agency.

The director of the hospital has urged the Israeli military to assist individuals who choose to leave in taking a safe exit, the military stated on Saturday.Medical staff are permitted to stay at the hospital to help patients who cannot be moved, according to the military, which said it did not issue any evacuation orders.The military had ordered the facility vacated, according to Medhat Abbas, a spokeswoman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, which is under Hamas control. The hospital has one hour to evacuate its patients.

Later on social media, al-Shifa doctor Dr. Ahmed Mokhallalati stated that over 120 patients remained who were not allowed to leave.He and five other physicians were remaining behind to care for them, he added, adding that some of them were preterm newborns and others in intensive care.After occupying the hospital earlier this week, Israel’s military claims—which both Hamas and hospital personnel refute—that a Hamas command center was situated beneath the structure.

Before Israeli soldiers took control of the facility, the UN estimated that 2,300 patients, employees, and displaced Palestinians were taking refuge at al-Shifa.Martin Frick, the head of the United Nations World Food Program, said that as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens, there are increasing fears of hunger.“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is disastrous,” according to him. “We’ve run out of everything that can be eaten raw.” It is not possible to get bottled water. Even the ones that do exist are frequently unsafe for human health due to contamination. We are very concerned about famine in Gaza as winter approaches.

Frick refers to the introduction of two gasoline trucks per day from Egypt into Gaza after Friday’s discussions with the US as “a drop in the ocean.” The Israeli War Cabinet has authorized this move.The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening, raising fears of hunger. He made an appeal, saying, “Fuel is desperately needed.” Everything is powered by fuel. This is the process that produces seawater that is desalinated and necessary for the water supply. For the sake of public health and cleanliness, sewage must be pumped, which requires it. But it’s also essential for bakeries to produce bread, which is the most fundamental of all staple meals.”

Around 9,000 tons of wheat are available in Gaza, according to Frick, but processing is impossible because of a shortage of energy and water. He stated there are no longer any of the twenty-three bakeries in Gaza that the UN World Food Programme was collaborating with.