Israeli media revealed an international plan to transform the coast of the northern Sinai Peninsula in Egypt into a health zone as an alternative to hospitals in the Gaza Strip, at the request of Israel.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, ships from Italy, France and Greece will serve as floating hospitals in the Sinai Peninsula to treat the wounded in the Gaza Strip.

At the same time, Egypt, European countries, and the United Nations are working to establish field hospitals near the border to create an alternative system for hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

Yesterday, Wednesday, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto announced that his country would send a hospital ship to treat the wounded in the Gaza Strip to help treat wounded Palestinians who were injured during the war.

According to Crosetto, the ship is leaving the coast of Italy with 170 crew members on board, including 30 with high-level medical training. In addition, Rome is working on a plan to establish a field hospital in Gaza.

France is also in talks with Egypt to establish a field hospital with surgical capabilities for Gaza residents, French Defense Minister Sébastien Le Corneau said in an interview with L'Orient Le Jour.

France sent a helicopter carrier to the area, which, according to President Emmanuel Macron, was intended to support hospitals in Gaza.

The ships are supposed to dock in the city of Al-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, and the wounded are supposed to arrive there.

Meanwhile, Egypt is building field hospitals in Al-Arish and elsewhere, and Israel has agreed for the United Nations to build field hospitals in Gaza.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza said: “We are not looking for floating hospitals, but rather we want to provide hospitals with medicines, medical equipment and fuel.”

Yedioth said that yesterday, with Israeli approval, five planes carrying medical equipment and food from the United Arab Emirates landed at Al-Arish Airport in the Sinai Peninsula, where the equipment will be used to establish a field hospital in southeastern Gaza.

The Hebrew newspaper explained that a close associate of the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, was on board one of the planes that arrived in Al-Arish.

Source: Sama News