Sick and wounded Palestinian children prepared for evacuation under Gaza ceasefire deal

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(1 Feb 2025)
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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 1 February 2025
1. Various of Red Crescent staff moving Palestinian patient inside an ambulance
2. Wide of patients and their companions arriving at Nasser Hospital
3. Various of patients and their companions inside Nasser Hospital
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) first name not given, father of child patient Aseel Shakshak:
“When the baby was a new-born, when she was 6-months-old, they performed surgery on her at Wolfson Hospital inside (Israel), and today she needs a more precise and more skilled surgery. For more than a year, we have been trying to get a medical referral to do what is necessary for her.”
5. Various of patients and their companions arriving at hospital
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) first name not given, father of child patient Aseel Shakshak:
“I asked my wife that whenever she signs any paper, she must read it in its entirety. If in any case, they stipulate that that you won't be able to return, then you should not sign such a paper. It is assumed that it was agreed that there would be no such conditions. I read from the conditions for opening the Rafah crossing that there is no condition that obligates the occupation to return travelers. This is a problem that frankly needs to be solved.”
7. Wide of Red Crescent staff moving child patient Mutasem Sammour on stretcher into an ambulance
8. Mid of Mai Sammour, Mutasem’s mother, crying inside ambulance
9. Mid of Mutasem
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mai Sammour, mother of child patient Mutasem Sammour:
“We have been waiting for two months for this transfer and for the crossing to open. Thank God, they contacted us yesterday to travel with Mutasem. They told us that the destination is Egypt, and we hope that he will improve and receive treatment after his journey with illness and long suffering. We have been suffering for three months."
11. Wide of Sammour and her son inside ambulance
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mai Sammour, mother of child patient Mutasem Sammour:
“He suffers severely, severe pain and lack of movement, he does not eat well, the disease is very serious, and one person out of every 5 million people in the world is infected with it. Thank God, we were contacted to be part of the first batch, and we ask God to heal him and heal all patients.”
13. Various of patients and their companions arriving at hospital
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salem Abu Dagga, father of child patient Ahmed Abu Dagga:
“From the moment he entered the hospital, they discovered his condition and said his illness caused severe inflammation. They said that they would give him chemotherapy to stop the tumor and pneumonia. But he did not respond to the treatment, so they immediately transferred him for treatment abroad. God willing, he will be treated abroad and then we will return to our homeland safely.”
15. Wide of patients and their companions arriving at hospital
16. Wide of Hazem al-Fagaawi, father of Mohammad, suffering from a tumor in the bladder, standing with others outside hospital
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hazem al-Fagaawi, father of child patient Mohammad al-Fagaawi:
“I will accompany my son Mohammed, who suffers from a tumor in the bladder. According to doctors, this tumor is very rare for children to get, and he needs regular follow-ups. The transfer request was made more than eight months ago and was rejected (before) by the Israeli side."
18. Various of ambulances outside hospital
STORYLINE:

The reopening of the Rafah crossing represents a significant breakthrough that bolsters the ceasefire deal Israel and Hamas agreed to earlier this month.









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