16,000 still awaiting medical evacuation: WHO
Nov 13, 2025
Washington DC [US], November 13: The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 16,500 people, including nearly 4,000 children, are still waiting to be evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical treatment as hospitals across the enclave remain severely damaged and unable to provide adequate care.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency's medical evacuation programme has helped transfer nearly 8,000 patients for treatment outside Gaza over the past two years.
Ghebreyesus called for the reopening of all evacuation routes, particularly to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, adding
that the WHO is working to scale up medical evacuations as a fragile ceasefire still holds.
Source: Qatar Tribune
