UAE medical flight sets off to collect Gaza patients - in pictures

Medical staff boarding a UAE plane headed for Al Arish, Egypt, from Abu Dhabi International Airport. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
The plane will bring back cancer patients and wounded people for treatment in the Emirates
The aircraft has been fitted with hospital beds
The UAE has committed to providing free medical care for 1,000 injured children and another 1,000 Palestinians with cancer
Doctors and nurses from local hospitals volunteered to be part of the operation