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Thousands of patients need to be evacuated from Gaza, WHO says

Palestinians who were wounded in Israeli fire while waiting for aid, according to health officials, lie on beds at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on 1 March, 2024. © Reuters - Kosay Al Nemer

An estimated 8,000 patients need evacuating out of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization has said, voicing frustration that few have so far been transferred outside the besieged territory.

The WHO said moving these patients out of Gaza would relieve some of the strain on the medics and hospitals that are struggling to keep functioning in a war zone.

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