Overview
- Citing Gaza’s health ministry, WHO reported 1,092 deaths among patients awaiting medical evacuation between July 2024 and November 28, 2025.
- WHO and partners say they have evacuated more than 10,600 patients since 2023, including over 5,600 children requiring advanced care.
- WHO warned the recorded deaths are likely undercounted and called for restoring medical transfers to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
- The agency estimates over 16,500 people still need treatment outside Gaza, while Doctors Without Borders says the true need may be three to four times higher.
- More than 30 countries have received evacuees, but only a few such as Egypt and the UAE have taken large numbers as a fragile US-sponsored ceasefire complicates operations.