WHO / GAZA PATIENTS EVACUATION

The World Health Organization (WHO) led another medical evacuation of 55 critical patients from Gaza to receive specialised care abroad, including in Jordan, Spain and Turkey. 158 companions travelled with them. WHO

• Video Length: 00:08:07
• Production Date: 28 October 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: MEDICAL TREATMENT; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3482981
• Parent Id: 3482981
• Alternate Title: unifeed251028g

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STORY: WHO / GAZA PATIENTS EVACUATION
TRT: 8:07
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 25 AND 26 OCTOBER 2025, GAZA STRIP

Shotlist

25 OCTOBER 2025, PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY FIELD HOSPITAL, AL MAWASI

1. Various shots, WHO examining and talking with patients before the medical evacuation the next morning, includes a severely malnourished child, and a child with both legs bandaged.
2. Med shot, patient Noor, lying in a bed.
3. Med shot, patient Yaha, laying on a blanket on the floor
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj:
“The rocket landed on us; half on a house, and half on the tent we were in. My 15 years old son Mouath was instantly killed. My daughter Noor also instantly lost a leg, and a hand.”
Yaha was severely injured in his left leg, his left foot was almost amputated, and he’s still suffering from this.
5. Various shots, phots on a smartphone screen, showing the three siblings, Noor, Yaha, and the deceased Mouath, and photos of Noor and Yaha after medical treatment.
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj:
“They transferred us directly to Al-Shifa Hospital. Nour's legs were amputated immediately, and Yahya was there in the hospital for two days with almost no medical attention, they only managed to change his wounds. His leg was about to be amputated.”
7. Various shots, Yaha, sitting on the floor, with his bandage leg and external fixator visible.
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj:
“We were transferred from Al-Shifa Hospital to the Al-Zawaid field hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders. Yahya underwent surgery in his leg where they installed platinum.”
9. Close up, Noor lying on a bed
10. Close up, Noor lying on a bed, her mother in the foreground
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj:
“Noor’s wound was also cared for, for about a month and a half.”
12. Close up, Noor lying on a bed, her mother’s hand coming into shot.
13. Close up, a smartphone screen showing Ali, Noor, and Mouath at the birth of Yaha
Sound up, Ali speaking:
“This photo is from August 14, 2022, after Yaha was born. He left the delivery room and they put him in this bed. In this photo there’s me, my son Mouath who was killed, my daughter Nour, all standing in front of Yaha’s bed.”
14. Close up, a smartphone screen showing Noor, with the sea in the background
15. SOUNDUP (Arabic) Ali:
“Nour loved going to the beach, loved swimming, and playing in the sand, and the thing she loved most was going to the beach’s nearby restaurants, so she can eat while watching the sea.”
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj
“The children are still suffering from health and psychological conditions, but the psychological part is the most difficult, especially with Nour, as she shifted from a girl who loves to play run around, and have fun to a girl who lost her legs, and basically to the point where she needs to be carried around , she feels ashamed and is ashamed that people see her in this state.”
17. Med shot, Ali picking up Noor from the bed, and helping her into a wheelchair
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Faraj, Father of patients Noor and Yaha Faraj:
“When we learned that we had been accepted for treatment in Spain, our joy was greater than anything else.”
19. Various shots, Sara and her mother Nasreen sitting on the floor
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasreen Badra, Mother of patient Sara Badra:
“Sara was born with a tumour on her forehead. And in her eye, there is a hematoma. It's popping out in more than one part. I mean it's holding the nerve, holding the veins, and holding every part of her. Of course, she used to get fevers, and she had more than one surgery. I sent her outside Gaza more than once. She had three surgeries and one of these surgeries was done by foreign doctors. And this time during the war, of course, we couldn't leave because of the war.”
21. Various shots, Sara and her mother Nasreen sitting on the floor talking, holding hands.
22. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasreen Badra, Mother of patient Sara Badra:
“There are no specialized doctors, also some of the treatments were not available. She also suffered from malnutrition; in some cases, we were unable to provide her with food, as she is not allowed to eat some kinds of canned food. No matter how hard we tried to provide her with even bread as a meal, sometimes we were unable to provide her with a full meal of bread only.”
23. Close up, a photo showing Sara as a child,
24. Med shot, Sara looking at her mother.
25. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasreen Badra, Mother of patient Sara Badra:
“The feeling was a wonderful feeling. I mean, I was very happy that we are going to a country that cares about her treatment or her needs, and treats her as a human being who needs treatment, medication, a life, needs to study and have education. She needs many things that I am not able to provide for her in this country.”

26 OCTOBER 2025, PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY FIELD HOSPITAL, AL MAWASI

26. Various shots, the WHO team briefing patients and companions on the upcoming evacuation
27. Various shots, patients and companions walking towards and boarding ambulances
and buses
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Dario Bertetto, Health Emergency Officer, WHO oPt
“Today, 55 patients together with their companions, will travel through Kerem Shalom crossing, and they will eventually reach UK, Spain, Turkey and Jordan. These numbers are just part of the huge amount of patients who need to be treated aboard and are in desperate need of medical care.”
29. Various shots, the medical evacuation convoy departing towards the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) led another medical evacuation of 55 critical patients from Gaza to receive specialised care abroad, including in Jordan, Spain and Turkey. 158 companions travelled with them.

WHO thanks the government of Jordan and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) for the support.

As part of the medical evacuations, WHO in oPt secures medical care in receiving countries; manages security clearance and needed documentation of patients; transfers patients inside Gaza; arranges patient's overnight stay at a field hospital, if needed; provides food and medical care throughout the journey; moves patients outside Gaza to Jordan.

Over 16,500 patients still need to get out of Gaza to receive lifesaving treatment.

WHO continues to call on countries to show their solidarity and accept more patients from Gaza and for all routes to be opened for medical evacuation, particularly the West Bank including East Jerusalem referral pathway. We have no time to lose!