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RootsThe government says that a plan is being “speed” to vacate children more severely ill or injured children for medical treatment.
The BBC understands that the objective is to bring the plan into operation within weeks.
It is not clear how many children can join, but The Sunday Times report The government has to allow 300 youth to enter the UK to get free medical care.
Through an initiative by Project Pure Hope, some Ghazan children have already been privately brought to the UK privately, but the government has not yet evacuated through its plan during the struggle.
A government spokesperson said on Sunday that the plan was to “evacuate children from Gaza, who require immediate medical care,” adding “we are working at the speed to do as soon as possible.”
More than 50,000 children have been killed or injured since the war started in Gaza in October 2023, According to United Nations Charity UNICEF.
A report by a Committee on Foreign Affairs published in late July stated that the government refused to support the medical withdrawal of seriously injured children in the UK, including travel permits, medical visas and safe transport in the UK, where children can get special care unavailable for them in Gaza “.
Subsequently, Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper said that Britain was “trying immediately” to vacate children who required significant medical help in the UK for treatment.
According to Sunday Times, the government scheme will require a parents or guardian with each child, and will conduct biometric and safety checks before traveling at home.
Project Pure Hope, a British organization consisting of voluntary medical professionals, has so far brought three children to the UK for treatment.
Most recently, 15-year-old Mazad Al-Shagnobi arrived in the UK last week. After destroying his jaw by an Israeli tank shell, he needed a complex face reconstruction surgery when he was trying to use aid in February 2024. He was the first Palestinian child to be flown in the UK to treat war injuries.
Their withdrawal was organized with the US NGO, Kinder Relief, which has helped Gaza’s children receive medical treatment abroad.
His treatment by Project Pure Hope, his treatment, would start at the Great Ormand Street Hospital in London in the coming days, was done by a medical team that will all work for free.
The organization is urging the government to set up a plan made for the treatment of Ukrainian refugees and welcoming the government’s plan, saying that it will be able to share its expertise with successful private withdrawal.
It said: “Our blueprint can help the UK ensure acts quickly and effectively, so that every child needs immediate care, the best chance of survival and recovery.”
In April, the group acquired a visa for two girls -13 -year -old Ram and five -year -old Gena -to conduct privately funded in the UK for medical conditions throughout life.
He was brought to London after being vacant from Gaza to Egypt.
Ghana has done laser surgery to remove pressure in her left eye, which was at risk of losing. And Rama has done searchful surgery for the condition of severe bowel.
His mothers say that both girls are doing well.
Israel has warned of a lack of medics in important food and medical supply from weeks after starting a monthly blockade of all assistance and goods in Gaza.
Since then it has been partially removed, but human agencies have stated that more aid should be allowed to enter Gaza to prevent famine and malnutrition from deteriorating.
The Hamas-Interested Health Ministry said that 175 people, including 93 children, have died of malnutrition.
Israel denied that it was deliberately blocking the assistance flowing in Gaza and accuses the United Nations and other aid agencies of failing to distribute it.
Since the onset of the war, the UK has provided funds to be treated by hospitals in the region, and are also working with Jordan for aircraft assistance in the area.
Sir Keer said last week that Britain will recognize a Palestinian state in September As long as Israel took important steps to end the terrible situation in Gaza ” – one step Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said” reward Hamas’s demonic terrorism “.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a campaign in Gaza on 7 October 2023 in response to the Hamas -led attack on Southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.
According to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry, more than 60,000 people have been killed in Gaza.
