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STORY: WHO / GAZA PATIENTS EVACUATION
TRT: 05:20
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28-29 SEPTEMBER 2025, AL-MAWASI, GAZA
28 SEPTEMBER 2025, PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY FIELD HOSPITAL, AL-MAWASI, GAZA
1. Various shots, young patient Julia
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rawan Abu Lahya, mother of patient Julia:
“My daughter was born with a tumor on her face, and the doctors diagnosed it as a Cystic Hygroma.”
3. Various shots, young patient Julia talking and playing with her mother Rawan
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rawan Abu Lahya, mother of patient Julia:
“My daughter suffered a lot from the swelling in her face, which has made it difficult for her to breathe, speak, and even difficult to play with other children. People wonder what is wrong with my daughter's face. I took her to the doctors, but the doctors couldn't find treatment for my daughter. They told me that Julia needs treatment outside the Gaza Strip.”
5. Med shot, young patient Julia playing with a young boy
6. Various shots, patient Kinan sitting on a chair, showing external fixators attached to both legs
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Muqayed, father of patient Kinan:
“Kinan was displaced to one of the UNRWA schools. He was injured as a result of a missile fired from a reconnaissance plane at the displacement site. As a result, Kinan was seriously injured; he had plates installed in both legs, a fracture in his right hand, and a fracture in his head. My wife also was also seriously injured, and the injury led to her death.”
8. Close up shot, young patient Kinan talking to his father Mohammed
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Muqayed, father of patient Kinan:
“Kinan is an 8-year-old kid who was very cheerful, playful, he loved gatherings, and loved to talk, he was always happy, but unfortunately after his injury, he changed, Kinan completely changed, he was greatly emotionally affected by the injury. He was also affected by his mother’s injury and even more by her death.”
10. Close up shot, a phone screen showing a photo of Kinan’s deceased mother with him
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kinan, patient:
“I love playing football, and coloring, but the war happened, and I got injured. I want to be a doctor and be able to treat people when I grow up.”
29 SEPTEMBER 2025, PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY FIELD HOSPITAL, AL-MAWASI, GAZA
12. Various shots, WHO and partners preparing patients and companions for the upcoming evacuation
13. Wide shot, Palestine Red Crescent Society staff entertaining the young evacuees
14. Various shots, nighttime shots showing patients and companions being briefed, before walking to and boarding waiting transport
15. Med shot, WHO team in discussion
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Athanasios Gargavanis, WHO Trauma surgeon & acting Gaza Team Lead, WHO:
“Today, the World Health Organization is organizing another medevac mission. We are at the PRCS Field Hospital on the Coastal Road in Al-Mawasi. Patients, companions and caregivers will start from here with ambulances, buses, and escort from WHO so that they get safely through the combat zones to Kerem Shalom, and from Kerem Shalom, they will cross outside, where other vehicles will take them to Ramon Airport and to Allenby Bridge to cross to Italy, UK and Jordan. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Many more medevac missions are needed, and many more receiving countries are needed. The World Health Organization is committed to supporting such missions.”
17. Various shots, WHO medevac convo departing towards Kerem Shalom Crossing
On 29 September, WHO supported the evacuation of 14 patients and 38 companions from Gaza to Jordan and 15 patients and 65 companions to Italy. This brings the total number of patients evacuated from Gaza since October 2023 to 7841.
Approximately 15 600 patients still need medical evacuation out of Gaza. WHO continues to call for the restoration of the medical referral to the West Bank and East Jerusalem and for more countries to accept patients.
