One of Pope Francis's papal vehicles is being converted into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of the pontiff's final wishes, Vatican News reported Sunday.

Pope Francis used this vehicle during his visit to the Palestinian territories in 2014, and it is now being equipped with diagnostic and first aid equipment to assist young patients in the Palestinian enclave, where the Israeli offensive has deteriorated health services, according to Reuters.

The website added that Pope Francis entrusted this initiative to Caritas Jerusalem, a Catholic relief organization, in the months before his death in April.

"This is a tangible, life-saving intervention at a time when Gaza's health system is in near-total collapse," Peter Brun, Secretary General of Caritas Sweden, which supports the project, told the website. "It's not just a car, it's a message that the world has not forgotten the children of Gaza," Brun added.

The mobile unit will be equipped with rapid tests for infection, vaccines, diagnostic kits, and suture materials, and will be staffed by medical staff. Caritas intends to deploy the clinic in areas without functioning healthcare facilities as soon as humanitarian access to Gaza becomes possible. Gaza has a small Christian community, and the Vatican says Pope Francis visited the Holy Family Church in Gaza almost daily throughout most of the war that began in October 2023 when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel.

Pope Francis had several papal vehicles, but the one he used on his 2014 visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories remained in the area after his return to the Vatican.