The World Health Organization announced the evacuation of 8 patients from the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to an Israeli war of extermination for 14 months, out of at least 12,000 patients in need of evacuation.

This was stated by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today, Friday, in a post on his account on the "X" platform.

Ghebreyesus explained that the medical evacuation was carried out by the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism, noting that 5 patients were transferred to Belgium, 2 to Spain, and 1 to Romania.

He expressed his thanks to the governments that received the patients and all the supporters and partners, noting that at least 12,000 patients in Gaza need medical evacuation.