Hundreds of sick children from Gaza to be evacuated to UK for critical NHS treatment
300 sick Gazan children to be brought to UK for free medical care
- Hundreds of seriously ill children from Gaza are set to be evacuated to the UK for treatment by the NHS under a new plan.
- Up to 300 young people will receive free medical care under the scheme, expected to be announced within weeks.
- The initiative comes amid a severe malnutrition crisis in Gaza, where health authorities report 92 children have died from hunger-related causes.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer previously pledged to evacuate badly injured children, and over 100 MPs have signed a letter supporting the scheme.
- The plan will run in parallel to the privately funded Project Pure Hope, which has so far facilitated medical visas for only three children from Gaza.