WHO evacuates 85 patients and companions from Gaza for treatment abroad

The World Health Organization evacuated 85 people from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for medical treatment abroad, with assistance from the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

The evacuation included 30 patients and 55 companions, and began at the society's Al-Mawasi field hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to the Palestine News Agency.

The WHO facilitated their transfer through the Rafah border crossing, which is controlled by Israeli forces on the Palestinian side and by Egypt.