More than 60 Gazan patients arrive in Türkiye for treatment

Xinhua
21 Nov 2023, 02:05 GMT+10

ANKARA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-one patients from the Gaza Strip, accompanied by 49 relatives, arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday to receive medical treatment, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

The group was welcomed by the minister at the military airport in Ankara. Subsequently, they were transported to Bilkent and Etlik hospitals.

When speaking to reporters, Koca said Türkiye brought 27 Gazan patients to Ankara last week with the coordination work carried out between Türkiye, Israel, Egypt and their treatment continued in Bilkent Hospital.

With this recent arrival, the total number of Gazan patients brought to Türkiye has reached 88, and plans for a new evacuation are in progress, he said.

Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday that Türkiye's efforts to get its citizens out of Gaza were continuing.

"Until today, we have secured the exit from Gaza of 170 of our citizens and their relatives," he said at the parliament, adding there would be further evacuations on Monday and Tuesday.

The Turkish government is actively working towards the evacuation of a total of 983 Turkish citizens in Gaza, he emphasized.

Israel has been striking Gaza over the past weeks to retaliate against the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7. The conflict has so far led to the deaths of over 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza, while on the Israeli side, about 1,200 people have lost their lives, the majority of whom were killed in the Hamas attacks.

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