Children To Be Evacuated From Gaza For Treatment In Ireland
Children are to be evacuated from Gaza to receive medical treatment in Ireland under plans to be approved by Cabinet this morning.
In the first wave 30 children will travel alongside a carer who will be accommodated in homes owned by healthcare workers.
The children will be flown in by the European Union after being cleared by Irish medics who will travel to Palestine.
Children with multiple conditions including cancer will be treated - those requiring orthopaedic treatment, however, will not be brought to Ireland.
It comes as the Dáil resumes later today following its summer recess.
More 41,000 people have been killed in the Palestinian enclave since the Israeli war began last October with over 94,000 injured.
Recent data from the World Health Orgainsation estimates that over 22,000 people have sustained life-altering injuries.
Severe limb injuries affecting between 13,000 and 17,000 people are "often resulting in amputation".
