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STORY: WHO / GAZA MEDICAL EVACUATIONS
TRT: 07:32
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 JULY 2025, GAZA STRIP
01 JULY 2025, SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX, NORTH GAZA
1. Various shots, transfer team in discussion, patient Hanin and her grandfather in ambulance, Hanin greeting WHO team
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Grandfather of transfer patient Hanin Al Mahdia:
“This is Hanin Al Mahida, the only survivor from Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School, she is the girl who survived out of the entire class, she was with her family, her father, mother, sisters, and brothers; praise to God she was the only one walking out from the fire, God saved her. The girl is wishing from God for a full treatment we are also hoping for that she recovers and returns the healthy beautiful girl she was.”
3. Various shots, burns on Hanin’s arms, Hanin sitting on her grandfather’s lap
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Grandfather of transfer patient Hanin Al Mahdia:
“Thank God for making it happen, as am trying to help her from the bottom of my heart, wishing that she recovers her health. I am extremely happy that she’s traveling out for treatment and recover her full health.”
5. Various shots, Hanin sitting on her grandfather’s lap, patients and companions saying goodbye and boarding transfer bus, young crying girl being consoled.
01 JULY 2025, PRCS FIELD HOSPITAL, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA
6. Various shots, transfer convoy arriving at field hospital, WHO team escorting children
7. Various shots, Hanin arriving, sitting on bed, looking at photo of her deceased father, and interacting with health workers, field hospital
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Islam Abu Jazar, Psychologist, Red Crescent Mental Health Department:
“The little girl has developed a kind of shyness; her view of herself and her low self-esteem. The girl’s hair is either wrapped up (in gauze) or cut. She doesn’t like to look at herself in the mirror often, or to be more exact she’s now wondering about the reason this has happened to her, therefore we started working on supporting the child’s acceptance of herself and the events that happened to her.”
9. Med shot, Hanin playing with Islam Abu Jazar
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Islam Abu Jazar, Psychologist, Red Crescent Mental Health Department:
“Now we are trying to balance her activities, her daily life activities by integrating her into psychological support activities by integrating her with other children throughout the day. The girl has started to repeat or link events or life events with or without her family. The program is still in progress with the child, but for reasons of travel or her need to travel, we hope that the psychological support programs provided to children will continue in the coming period and that psychological services will continue to be provided to them.”
11. Various shots, Hanin sitting on hospital bed, her injuries, looking at camera
12. Wide shot, patient Khaled being wheeled in on stretcher
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Al-Ghafari, uncle of transfer patient Khaled Al-Ghafari:
“Khaled is suffering from a broken knee, plus we found out that he has cancer as well. There was shelling in the area. He ran away from the shelling and fell down the stairs, breaking his leg. Then we discovered that he has cancer in his knee.”
14. Various shots, patient Khaled lying on bed, with cast on his left leg
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Al-Ghafari, uncle of transfer patient Khaled Al-Ghafari:
“After he broke his leg, his psyche is extremely bad, he used to weigh 48 kilos, and now weighs 32 kilos. His condition gets worse every day.”
16. Various shots, patient Khaled lying on bed, with cast on his left leg
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Al-Ghafari, uncle of transfer patient Khaled Al-Ghafari:
“Khaled is suffering like any other patient, I mean there is no treatment, no medication no basic necessities of life, so we had to look for a referral, we did and we submitted a referral that was accepted through the help of the World Health Organization, the referral is for Jordan. And the WHO brought us here to Al-Hilal hospital, and tomorrow by God’s will to Jordan for treatment.”
18. Wide shot, Dr Richard Peeperkorn in conversation with health workers
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Richard Peeperkorn, Representative in occupied Palestinian territory, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This morning, WHO and PRCS collected 19 patients and 29 companions from the north and brought them here. Other patients are also gathered here in the field hospital, and tomorrow there will be a medevac of over 70 patients and companions. WHO estimates that there is a need to at least medevac at least 10,000 more patients from Gaza.”
20. Wide shot, busy corridor, WHO team checking paperwork of transfer patients
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Richard Peeperkorn, Representative in occupied Palestinian territory, World Health Organization (WHO):
“What we need is multiple corridors for this medevac. We need the restoration of the traditional referral pathway from Gaza to the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We also need more countries who are willing to receive these patients from Gaza.”
22. Med shot, busy corridor, WHO team checking paperwork of transfer patients
World Health Organization (WHO) completed medical evacuations from Gaza to Jordan (19 child patients and 39 companions) and Türkiye (4 patients and 7 companions).
During the evacuation, strikes near the convoy damaged the bus, ambulances and vehicles transporting the patients, their companions, and WHO staff.
No injuries were reported, but the incident was distressing for the patients and families.
WHO thanks the governments and health workers in Jordan and Türkiye for their continued solidarity and support.
More than 10 000 people in Gaza still need medical evacuation.
WHO calls for the protection of all patients, medical staff, and ambulances, and for medical evacuations to be expedited through all possible routes.
