LONDON: The UK government is set to announce plans to evacuate hundreds of children from Gaza for medical treatment.
Up to 300 children will be given free healthcare on the National Health Service, in a scheme running “in parallel” with the group Project Pure Hope, a source told The Times.
So far, just three children from Gaza have been granted visas to travel to the UK for vital medical treatment since the start of the war in October 2023.
The three cases followed months of painstaking work by Project Pure Hope to raise money from private donors.
In the coming months, children evacuated from Gaza to the UK will be accompanied by a parent or guardian, and siblings where deemed necessary.
