This was in October in the North of Gaza
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GAZA CITY, Palestine
The Israeli army blocked a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation from evacuating sick children from hospitals in northern Gaza amid the worsening situation due to ongoing military operations in the area, now in their sixth day, a senior Gaza health official said Friday.
Deputy Health Minister Maher Shamiya told Anadolu: “The army turned back the WHO delegation tasked with evacuating intensive care patients and children from northern hospitals, preventing them from reaching the northern part of the Gaza Strip.”
Anadolu has been unable to obtain a comment from WHO regarding the Israeli obstruction.
highlighted that the three hospitals in northern Gaza (Al-Awda, the Indonesian Hospital, and Kamal Adwan) are currently treating 124 patients, including 13 in intensive care and eight children.
“Kamal Adwan Hospital has the largest pediatric intensive care unit in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates, and it is at risk of being shut down due to Israeli attacks,” he added.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-blocks-who-evacuation-of-sick-children-in-gaza-amid-escalating-military-operations-health-ministry/3359280
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GENEVA, 25 October 2024 – “Children are being medically evacuated from Gaza at a rate of fewer than one child per day. If this lethally slow pace continues, it would take more than seven years to evacuate the 2,500 children needing urgent medical care.
“As a result, children in Gaza are dying – not just from the bombs, bullets and shells that strike them – but because, even when “miracles happen”, even when the bombs go off and the homes collapse and the casualties mount, but the children survive, they are then prevented from leaving Gaza to receive the urgent care that would save their lives.
“This year, from 1 January to 7 May, an average of 296 children were medically evacuated each month. Since the Rafah crossing closed on 7 May due to the ground offensive there, the number of children medically evacuated has collapsed to just 22 per month.
“That is, just 127 children – many suffering from head trauma, amputations, burns, cancer, and severe malnutrition – have been allowed to leave since Rafah closed.
“One of the many tragedies of Gaza is that appalling figures have failed to stir those with power to act. Please then allow me to share with you a few of the children whose futures are bound by these crushing constraints. These are, sadly, by no means unique.
“Mazyona. She’s 12. When two rockets struck her home, she was thought dead. Mazyona had no pulse. Both her siblings, Hala, 13 and Mohamed, 10, were killed.
“Mazyona sustained devastating injuries to her face—her face was nearly torn off. Surgeons have held the remaining structure together, but she urgently requires a medevac for specialized care and bone surgery. Mazyona also still has shrapnel in her neck. She is of course in immense pain, and her condition is worsening. The platinum surgically used to rebuild her face is coming out, and doctors have stated that she needs surgeries outside of Gaza to save her life. Mazyona has been denied medical evacuation four times. Authorities suggested that the medevac could proceed without Mazyona’s mother accompanying her. However, when her father attempted to take the next steps, Mazyona was again denied.
https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/dying-in-waiting-gazas-children-face-lethal-delays-in-medical-evacuation/
Mazyouna’s face was ‘ripped off’ when a rocket hit her home. Israel has refused to allow her evacuation
The 12-year-old is one of 2,500 children in Gaza that need to be evacuated urgently yet humanitarian agencies say few are being allowed to leave by the Israeli authorities
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/nov/15/gaza-war-children-humanitarian-aid-mazyouna-israel-refuses-medical-evacuation
Last July
Netanyahu said to freeze plan to send sick Gazan children abroad after Golan attack
July 2024, 9:22 pm
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A plan to send some 150 sick Gazan children abroad to receive medical treatment was postponed in the wake of the deadly Hezbollah strike on the Golan that killed 12 kids and teens, the Kan public broadcaster reported on Sunday.
The report said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who earlier this month vetoed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s decision to treat the children at a field hospitalnear the Israel-Gaza border, has now ordered the move frozen for the time being.
Hezbollah in Lebanon has been attacking Israel since the day after the October 7 onslaught by Hamas-led terrorists from Gaza, saying it was acting in solidarity with the Palestinians.
The Kan report said the kids had been prepared to be flown out on Monday afternoon from the Ramon airbase to the United Arab Emirates.
There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu’s office.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-said-to-freeze-plan-to-send-sick-gazan-children-abroad-after-golan-attack/
Haaretz (headline)
Netanyahu Delays Evacuation of Sick, Wounded Children From Gaza to UAE After Golan Attack
Israel had initially agreed to facilitate the medical evacuation of hundreds of sick and wounded children from Gaza for treatment in the UAE. Physicians for Human Rights-Israel called the decision 'a cruel game by the Israeli government with children's lives'
Children in Gaza who need medical care are not being allowed to evacuate, say aid groups
AUGUST 31, 202411
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BEIRUT — Ahmed Hammad is a 4-year-old boy with a pacemaker that is just days away from stopping. But so far even the weight of U.S. pressure has not resulted in Israel agreeing to allow his mother to take him for treatment outside Gaza.
His case is one of hundreds where children languish on Israeli military waiting lists for evacuation, according to NPR's interviews with officials from four non-governmental medical aid groups operating in Gaza that are directly involved in evacuating children. The groups report that nine children on these waiting lists have died recently.
Speaking to NPR over the last three weeks, representatives of these groups say they are grappling with what they describe as an inefficient and opaque Israeli military bureaucracy governed by political considerations.
Over the past month, NPR has made four requests to Israeli officials for comments on the evacuation issue and specifically on Ahmed Hammad's case. There has been no response from the military department that deals with border crossings — Coordination for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) — nor from the Israeli prime minister's office.
www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/08/31/g-s1-20287/children-in-gaza-who-need-medical-care-are-not-being-allowed-to-evacuate-say-aid-groups