LONDON: Dozens of sick and injured children from Gaza are expected to arrive for treatment in the UK in the coming days.
They will be the first beneficiaries of a government scheme to provide healthcare via the National Health Service.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in July that the children would be evacuated “urgently,” with reports blaming red tape for the delay in their arrival.
More than 50,000 children have been killed or injured in Gaza since Israel’s military operation began in October 2023, according to UNICEF.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Daily Mirror newspaper that the first group of children had left Gaza and were “traveling now to the UK.”
