Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza, says the World Health Organisation's Director for Europe, Hans Kluge. The WHO Europe has already facilitated 600 medical evacuations from Gaza to seven European countries since the latest war began there in October 2023.
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00:00What kind of transport? How are they transported to the EU?
00:06It's a very complicated situation, but I'm very pleased to hear about the commitment
00:13that I heard this morning from my special representative of 1,000 more medical evacuations
00:18within the next month to the European Union.
00:20As of today, this office has facilitated 600 medical evacuations
00:27to about eight countries in our region.
00:30Turkey by far has been doing most, but also Belgium, Norway, Romania.
00:36But then I'm telling, why only eight countries? I have 53.
00:39So I'm going to appeal.
00:41I say, my friends, this is not enough. Only eight countries.