Overview

• Two Gazan children, Ghena Abed and Rama Qudiah, have been granted UK visas for urgent medical care, marking the first such transfer in the ongoing conflict.
• The children arrived in London after a 17-month campaign led by the charity Project Pure Hope, which is privately funding all evacuation, treatment, and accommodation costs.
• Ghena requires treatment to save her sight, while Rama needs an urgent bowel operation; both will be treated at leading London hospitals by specialist teams.
• The UK Foreign Office emphasized that this initiative does not signify the creation of a new refugee visa route, highlighting the temporary nature of these transfers.
• Project Pure Hope plans to expand the program to help more children, as Gaza's healthcare system remains devastated by conflict and blockade, with severe shortages of medical supplies.