World Health Organization: 1092 Patients Died in Gaza Awaiting Medical Evacuation

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that 1092 patients who were awaiting medical evacuation from the Gaza Strip lost their lives during the period between July 2024 and November 28, 2025.

Ghebreyesus said in a post on the "X" platform (formerly Twitter) on Friday: "The World Health Organization and its partners have evacuated more than 10,600 patients suffering from serious health issues from Gaza since October 2023, including more than 5,600 children."

Ghebreyesus added: "A much larger number of patients in Gaza are still awaiting evacuation to receive appropriate healthcare. According to the Ministry of Health, 1,092 patients died while waiting for medical evacuation during the period between July 2024 and November 28, 2025, and nevertheless, this number is believed to be lower than the actual figure probably."

He pointed out that they are demanding more countries open their doors to patients coming from Gaza, and resume medical evacuation operations in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

It is worth noting that "Israel" prevents the entry of sufficient amounts of food, medicine, and medical supplies into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians live in catastrophic inhuman conditions.

It was supposed that the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10 last year would end the genocide war launched by "Israel" on Gaza on October 8, 2023, which left more than 70,000 Palestinian martyrs and 170,000 injured, most of them children and women.

The occupation army launched air raids and artillery shelling on the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, within the areas it continues to occupy. Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli attacks targeted the eastern areas of Gaza City in the north of the sector, in addition to the northern and eastern areas of Khan Yunis city in the south of the sector.

In the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, Israeli warplanes carried out raids coinciding with artillery shelling that hit several areas, amid the sound of violent explosions.

Those areas also witnessed intermittent gunfire since dawn hours from Israeli military vehicles.

In the west of Khan Yunis, Israeli warships fired their machine guns towards fishing boats in the sea.