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> For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > Forwarded this email? Subscribe here > <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHJvcHNpdGVuZXdzLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZW1haWwtc3Vic2NyaWJlJnI9MXJ6NDZlJm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZHJvcHNpdGVuZXdzLmNvbSUyRnAlMkZpc3JhZWwtbWVkaWNhbC1ldmFjdWF0aW9uLWdhemEiLCJwIjoxNTEwMzE1NjIsInMiOjI1MTAzNDgsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjEwNzQ1NDE4MiwiaWF0IjoxNzMwNDc1NTA1LCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNjc1MDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoibGluay1yZWRpcmVjdCJ9.BiCOFA7KvCKZO-jteW25woV538eBODfcriDBhP4dtug?> > for more > Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2510348&post_id=151031562&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1rz46e&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDc0NTQxODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1MTAzMTU2MiwiaWF0IjoxNzMwNDc1NTA1LCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNjc1MDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTEwMzQ4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.RQXqRffXfoIEXQHjNQ3DojY-86F6hpCVNsNcfoNFETM>For > the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza > > Amba Guerguerian <https://substack.com/@guerguerianamba> > Nov 1 > ∙ > Guest post > <https://substack.com/@guerguerianamba> > > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2510348&post_id=151031562&utm_source=substack&isFreemail=true&submitLike=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDc0NTQxODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1MTAzMTU2MiwicmVhY3Rpb24iOiLinaQiLCJpYXQiOjE3MzA0NzU1MDUsImV4cCI6MTczMzA2NzUwNSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI1MTAzNDgiLCJzdWIiOiJyZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Q-PSR-zlPyFhvqSc0ml-l-RwTK0G6BjrHpTh0hQ2Vrc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-reaction&r=1rz46e> > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2510348&post_id=151031562&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&isFreemail=true&comments=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDc0NTQxODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1MTAzMTU2MiwiaWF0IjoxNzMwNDc1NTA1LCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNjc1MDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTEwMzQ4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.RQXqRffXfoIEXQHjNQ3DojY-86F6hpCVNsNcfoNFETM&r=1rz46e&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments&action=post-comment&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2510348&post_id=151031562&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1rz46e&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDc0NTQxODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE1MTAzMTU2MiwiaWF0IjoxNzMwNDc1NTA1LCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNjc1MDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTEwMzQ4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.RQXqRffXfoIEXQHjNQ3DojY-86F6hpCVNsNcfoNFETM> > > <https://substack.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.H8-tXp40ShVoJgFDM2RJyfDzaRjQZRezNIDI2LrZpcU?&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > READ IN APP > <https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/israel-medical-evacuation-gaza?utm_source=email&redirect=app-store&utm_campaign=email-read-in-app> > > > <https://substack.com/redirect/0ab9780b-20be-4258-91fa-5edd9c104924?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>A > group of Palestinian children and patients waiting in Deir Al-Balah, > central Gaza Strip, on July 28, 2024, for their medical evacuation to the > United Arab Emirates. Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images. > > An increasing number of Palestinians in Gaza, including children, are > dying as a result of Israel severely curtailing the number of medical > evacuations it grants, according to the United Nations, international NGOs, > the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza, and grassroots aid groups. > > The UN estimates that some 14,000 > <https://substack.com/redirect/f40ccea8-6c60-428f-a8b4-00b8e9f753e4?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > patients, including 2,500 children, are currently in urgent need of medical > evacuation. But over the past six months—since the Israeli military invaded > Rafah and seized > <https://substack.com/redirect/cb037047-65de-4c1f-8edc-05330bbc6d84?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing on May 7—only 237 > patients have been medically evacuated out of Gaza, a spokesperson for the > World Health Organization told Drop Site News, 127 of them children. At > that rate, it would take over 29 years for everyone seeking treatment > abroad to be allowed out. > > From the beginning of the Israeli assault on Gaza in October 2023 through > May 7, 2024, a total of 4,843 patients were medically evacuated, according > <https://substack.com/redirect/07e975d4-9f1c-4c2b-9bc7-3f7676b5f91d?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > to WHO, a rate equivalent to around 690 patients a month, an inadequate > number even then. Since the closure of the Rafah border crossing, the rate > has dropped to the equivalent of around just 40 a month. > > The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the > branch of the Israeli military that oversees the West Bank and Gaza, has > been denying patients in need of medical treatment abroad permission to > evacuate on spurious security grounds. “The current obstacle is the > security screening approval rate, which is currently less than 1 percent of > submitted patients,” the WHO spokesperson said. > > Despite the fact that the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, the European Union > <https://substack.com/redirect/cffab2c9-4738-497f-841a-cbdee8ecf365?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>, > and, to a lesser degree, Jordan, are all open to receiving sick and wounded > Palestinians from Gaza for treatment, “COGAT has been finding every single > reason to deny these cases or delay the process,” an aid worker with a > grassroots initiative that works on the ground in Gaza told Drop Site. > > Israel’s refusal to grant permissions for medical evacuations also extends > to children. “Children in Gaza are dying—not just from the bombs, bullets > and shells that strike them—but because, even when ‘miracles happen,’ even > when the bombs go off and the homes collapse and the casualties mount, but > the children survive, they are then prevented from leaving Gaza to receive > the urgent care that would save their lives,” James Elder, the spokesperson > for UNICEF said > <https://substack.com/redirect/a772473a-7bce-4ba3-acf5-b3d82acdc4c8?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > at a press conference last week. “This is not a logistical problem—we have > the ability to safely transport these children out of Gaza. It is not a > capacity problem—indeed, we were evacuating children at higher numbers just > months ago. It is simply a problem that is being completely disregarded." > > “This is not a logistical problem—we have the ability to safely transport > these children out of Gaza.” > > From January 1 through May 7, an average of 296 children were being > medically evacuated each month. Since the closing of the Rafah crossing, > the number of children medically evacuated has decreased over tenfold — to > just 22 per month. “That is, just 127 children — many suffering from head > trauma, amputations, burns, cancer, and severe malnutrition — have been > allowed to leave since Rafah closed,” Elder said. “When a patient is > denied, there is nothing that can be done.” > > Because of this evacuation bottleneck, “we see many, many children dying,” > said Mila, founder of Save Gaza’s Children, an NGO working on the ground to > support the evacuation process and provide aid to people in Gaza. (Mila > goes by her first name only for security reasons.) She recounted the case > of a 13-year-old boy named Kareem Thabet whom the group was working to > evacuate and who died on Oct. 10 while waiting for permission to travel for > treatment to an explosive injury that resulted in 25 percent of his body > being burned and both of his legs being amputated. “His house was bombed > with white phosphorus. His father died immediately, and his pregnant mother > was working to get Kareem evacuated. He died of sepsis,” Mila said, citing > various other examples of children who have died waiting for evacuation > permissions or are on the cusp of death. > > <https://substack.com/redirect/73e1de42-d648-4a53-b887-91c3b595d715?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > Kareem > Thabet in hospital in Gaza. October 2024. Photo courtesy of the family. > > <https://substack.com/redirect/2edab493-ab83-483b-a984-dbf9e1529ea2?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > Burial > of Kareem Thabet on October 10, 2024. Photo courtesy of the family. > > Over the past year, the health care system in Gaza has come under a direct > and sustained assault by the Israeli military, with multiple hospitals > being bombed, besieged, and invaded by Israeli forces; doctors arrested and > killed; and severe restrictions on medicine and medical supplies allowed > into Gaza. Over 101,000 people have been injured, with thousands more > suffering from hunger, malnutrition and infectious disease as a result of > Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid and destruction of civilian > infrastructure. This week, an independent investigation by a UN Commission > of Inquiry found that Israel is carrying out a “concerted policy” to > destroy Gaza’s health system. > > Drop Site News is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and > support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. > > Upgrade to paid > <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHJvcHNpdGVuZXdzLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_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.2CUAOJYuGR3bjPiVQZPk9XlSS4zJwJ3TLfjETM5LsEE?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=subscribe-widget-preamble&utm_content=151031562> > > *How Medical Evacuations Are Processed* > > Grassroots aid groups and NGOs like Save Gaza’s Children > <https://substack.com/redirect/79231e6a-ce2b-4673-92f9-6cb4a4bd0c8b?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>, > Human Concern International > <https://substack.com/redirect/9f22cf0a-de78-4650-888d-d2fb81468b53?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>, > The Sameer Project > <https://substack.com/redirect/1674b68b-6dab-4ed1-bfca-32e1e1ef4320?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>, > Heal Palestine > <https://substack.com/redirect/4b541c2b-9763-47e8-98bc-c9318ebc15ca?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > and others have been working on the ground to assist in providing treatment > as well as supporting the evacuation process. These groups are directed by > people abroad working with Gazan doctors and aid workers on the ground who > assist with obtaining evacuation referrals for patients and providing aid > and medical care for them while they wait to potentially be evacuated. Once > one of these groups has a list of people they believe qualify for > evacuation, it sends each patient to a government hospital where a > specialist reviews the patient’s case and sends the file to a committee > that reviews it again and decides whether to make a referral. Gaza’s health > ministry then files the referral with the WHO, which forwards it to COGAT > for final approval. > > As it performs security checks on a patient, COGAT first investigates > whether a first or second-degree family member has been in contact with a > member of Hamas, according to Mila, overlooking the fact that, outside of > its military wing, Hamas has deep political and social roots in Palestinian > society in Gaza. > > COGAT is also frequently rejecting permissions for companions to travel > alongside the sick and wounded being medically evacuated. “I’m hearing back > from COGAT that for all 82 people on the list I recently submitted, every > single companion was rejected. WHO is going to try and find new > companions,” says Miriam Khan of Human Concern International > <https://substack.com/redirect/9f22cf0a-de78-4650-888d-d2fb81468b53?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4>, > an NGO working to evacuate people from Gaza. Two of the rejected people on > Khan’s list were patients themselves, a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old. > > Since May 7, COGAT has also complicated the evacuation process by > frequently changing the rules regarding patients’ companions. “Previously > WHO was able to send a second request when a mother was rejected,” says > Mila. But now that’s not possible, she says, adding that “for a certain > time they only allowed females over 50 [years old] to be companions.” > > COGAT can also pull a security clearance after initially granting it, even > while patients are on the bus leaving Gaza.“WHO once tried to evacuate a > very severely injured child from the north,” Mila told Drop Site. “They > brought the child to the border, and the child was waiting for hours there, > and then Israel rejected the evacuation of the child.” > > “COGAT has been rejecting mothers, and it’s been a common occurrence for > the last few months where they’ve been rejecting mothers and stating that > alternate companions must be provided,” said the head of a grassroots aid > group that works on the ground in Gaza and who spoke on condition of > anonymity. “In some instances there is no alternate companion, > unfortunately. The mother may be the only companion a child has; they may > have lost their whole family.” > > A 9-year-old boy named Yusuf al-Shurafa, who has two heart conditions, was > initially approved for evacuation with his mother Hanan as his companion in > March, but Hanan got hepatitis and couldn’t travel at that time. When the > family applied again for evacuation in July, Yusuf was approved but Hanan > was not. In order for Yusuf to get the live-saving care he needed, the > family had to separate. “My heart ached with an intensity I had never > experienced,” Hanan told Drop Site. > > Yusuf, his father Mustafa, and his two-year-old brother Bashir then > evacuated to the UAE. Hanan, who was an English teacher before the > genocide, was forced to stay in Gaza and is now working as a teacher at the > Refaat Alareer camp. “Yusuf has started his treatment, and Bashir is going > to nursery, and Mustafa is trying to be the role of mother and father,” > Hanan said. “Bashir is still very young and is struggling without me. He > doesn't understand what is happening. He waits for me everyday. I am not > myself anymore. I feel I am lost without them, and my mental health isn't > good.” > > When the Rafah crossing closed, there were no medical evacuations for over > two months, with the first patients being evacuated at the end of June, > according to a WHO spokesperson. There have been a total of six group > evacuations > <https://substack.com/redirect/a0d6e3a6-bbaa-4965-aac2-7b973bb6141c?j=eyJ1IjoiMXJ6NDZlIn0.vwFUUWXitToCG6lkdgIOEZJA0yByKrMNCn3mtPeVIW4> > since then, including one that had just three patients. > > Evacuations are now conducted through the Kerem Shalom crossing, where > patients are then transported to the Ramon Airport in southern Israel to be > flown to receiving countries. Yet the very notion of having to be medically > evacuated in the context of the war on Gaza is in itself a form of forced > displacement. > > “If the correct medical personnel were being allowed into Gaza and if the > healthcare system was not collapsing, perhaps a lot of these people’s lives > could be saved within Gaza without having to be evacuated,” said an aid > worker with Human Concern International, a Canada-based charity that works > on evacuations. “An evacuation is not something to be celebrating or to be > proud of. It is part of the problem of displacing these families and these > children. Once they travel abroad and their treatment concludes, what > happens to them after? 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