Amid the ongoing Israeli bombardment in Gaza, Palestinian and international doctors called Tuesday for the opening of a humanitarian corridor from the Gaza Strip to enable the urgent evacuation of 25,000 patients to hospitals in East Jerusalem.
Israel’s ongoing genocide has rendered most of the enclave’s medical facilities non-operational.
In Gaza, Israel has killed more than 44,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and injured over 105,000, according to official figures.
The call came during a press conference at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The doctors emphasized that based on estimates, 25,000 people in Gaza urgently require life-saving medical treatment due to their critical conditions.
They outlined three key steps to address the crisis. First, the establishment of safe medical evacuation routes to ensure patients can reach hospitals in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, or third countries.
Second, ensuring families stay together during treatment. Third, supporting the right of evacuated Palestinians to return to Gaza once medical care is completed, without choosing between their health and homeland.
The second year of the genocide in Gaza has drawn widespread international condemnation that notes that starvation tactics and blocking humanitarian aid deliveries amount to deliberate attempts to destroy an entire population.
Last month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
