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Dozens more wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients have arrived in the UAE to undergo medical treatment.
A group of 28 patients – accompanied by 35 family members – were evacuated from Gaza and transported to the Emirates from Al Arish Airport in Egypt.
They landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Friday night and were transported to local hospitals.
They are the eighth group of Gazans to arrive in the Emirates for treatment under a humanitarian initiative aimed at supporting the Palestinian people amid the Israel-Gaza war.
President Sheikh Mohamed announced the UAE would provide treatment for 1,000 injured Palestinian children and 1,000 cancer patients as part of the relief campaign.
The patients hailed the UAE's “unique model” in responding to the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, according to state news agency Wam.
The UAE has also doubled the capacity of its desalination plants on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip.
The expanded plants, inaugurated on Sunday by Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan, Minister of State, will supply 4.5 million litres of clean drinking water a day to Gazans.
More than 9,600 children have been killed in the Israel-Gaza war, now in its fourth month, with 45,000 rockets and bombs used in attacks on the enclave since October 7.
The overall death toll in Gaza has passed 22,300 and more than 57,000 injuries have been recorded.
The Hamas government's media office said 1.9 million people have been displaced and 65,000 tonnes of explosives have been used by Israel, damaging 290,000 homes.
Latest from the Israel-Gaza war – in pictures
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Houthi fighters shout gather in Sanaa. The rebels have launched attacks in the Red Sea in response to the Gaza war. EPA -
From left, Israeli Foreign Ministry adviser Tal Becker, lawyer Malcolm Shaw and Gilad Noam, deputy attorney general for international affairs, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. AFP -
A Palestinian man injured in an Israeli strike receives treatment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AP -
Palestinian medics mourn after members of the Palestinian Red Crescent were killed in an Israeli strike in Deir Al Balah. Reuters -
Israeli soldiers take up positions during a ground operation in Khan Younis. AP -
Mourners gather at Al Najar hospital in Rafah, after several relatives of a member of the Hamas general military council were killed in a strike. AFP -
Palestinians wait to receive food aid in Rafah. AP -
A mass grave in Rafah. More than 23,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7. AFP -
Palestinians search the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli attack on Rafah. AFP -
Injured Palestinians receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. AFP -
Smoke rises over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as seen from Rafah, during sustained Israeli air strikes. AFP -
The destruction has spread throughout the Gaza Strip, from the north to Rafah in the south. Reuters -
Israeli soldiers stand on an armoured personnel carrier near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel. Reuters -
Smoke rises following Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip. EPA -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a security briefing with commanders and soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip. AP -
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in an Israeli strike on the Al Maghazi refugee camp. AFP -
A Palestinian man detained by the Israeli military awaits treatment for his injuries in Rafah. AFP
