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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

First group of children from Gaza arrive in UK for life-saving NHS treatment

Palestinian girl with bandaged eyes wearing a red dress being tended to by a woman.
At least 50,000 children have been killed or injured by Israeli forces since 7 October 2023, according to Unicef. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The first group of children from Gaza have arrived in the UK for specialist life-saving treatment on the NHS, the Guardian understands.

Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, informed the parliamentary Labour party on Monday evening about the development. On arrival in the UK, the patients and their families have been granted access to NHS treatment, appropriate housing and comprehensive support services for an initial two-year period.

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