Overview

• The government will launch an official NHS scheme in the coming weeks to transfer up to 300 critically ill or injured children from Gaza to the UK.
• Project Pure Hope’s private initiative, which has already flown three Gazan children for specialist surgery, will operate in parallel with the state-backed plan.
• Each child is to travel with a guardian and, where needed, siblings after completing Home Office security preclearance and biometric screening.
• Over 100 MPs led by Stella Creasy and Steve Witherden backed cross-party letters urging the government to act following stalled ceasefire negotiations.
• Gaza’s healthcare system has been devastated by blockade and conflict, leaving more than 50,000 children dead or injured and unable to access adequate treatment locally.