"The World Health Organization" confirms that there are more than 16,000 patients in Gaza in need of travel.

The World Health Organization confirmed that there are more than 16,000 patients in the Gaza Strip waiting to be evacuated for treatment abroad, amid the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the region and the destruction of hospitals and medical facilities during the Israeli genocide that lasted for two years.

The organization called in a statement for ensuring the flow of humanitarian aid without any obstacles through all crossings leading to the Gaza Strip, given the serious deterioration of health and humanitarian conditions.

It urged more countries to receive patients and injured individuals from Gaza for treatment, emphasizing that the health system in Gaza is facing complete collapse due to the ongoing blockade and shortages of medical supplies and fuel.

It mentioned that "thousands of injured individuals need urgent surgeries that cannot be performed within the Strip," noting that facilitating their transfer to hospitals outside Gaza has become a pressing humanitarian issue.

It pointed out that its medical supplies are ready at the border and called for the urgent and sustainable reopening of all crossings.

It clarified that the Rafah crossing in the southern part of the Strip is "a vital outlet for medical evacuation and a main entry point for health supplies to Gaza."

Since May 2024, Israel has occupied the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, destroying and burning its buildings and preventing Palestinians from traveling, which has plunged them, especially patients, into a major humanitarian crisis.

The World Health Organization confirmed that "Egypt remains one of the main destinations for patients needing urgent care," while simultaneously calling for "more countries to receive Gazan patients for treatment."

It stated that it has transferred about 4,000 patients through Rafah for treatment in Egypt and beyond, adding: "There are still 16,500 patients waiting for evacuation."

During the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation army over two years, it deliberately targeted Gaza's hospitals and health system, rendering most of them out of service, which endangered the lives of patients and the injured, according to Palestinian and international data.

Since October 10 of last year, Tel Aviv and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which is violated daily by the occupation army, resulting in hundreds of martyrs and injured individuals.

For two years, the Israeli occupation army, with American support, committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 69,169 Palestinian martyrs and 170,685 injured, most of whom are children and women.