Gaza cancer patients arrive in Turkey for treatment
Ankara, Turkey – AFP
More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, have arrived in Turkiye for treatment.
Turkiye has sent a ship loaded with material for field hospitals, ambulances and generators to Egypt to treat civilians who have been able to flee Israel’s military assault on the besieged enclave.
Gaza’s health ministry says Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground offensive have killed 11,500 people, mostly civilians, including thousands of children.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 27 patients had been flown to Turkiye from Egypt, alongwith 13 companions, without specifying whether these were doctors or family members.
He added that the cancer patients had been able to cross from Gaza into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing.
Koca had been in Egypt for discussions on the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and said the patients were able to be transferred to Turkiye thanks to “coordination between Turkiye, Egypt and Israel”.
He also said that Turkiye was waiting for Egypt’s permission to open its first field hospital at the Rafah crossing.
“I hope that in the near future — our efforts are going in this direction — we will be able to establish a field hospital in Gaza, in the area near the Rafah gate,” he said.
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