LONDON: Jordanian authorities evacuated 42 sick Palestinian children and 75 members of their families from Gaza on Monday as part of the country’s medical and humanitarian corridor initiative.
The Jordanian Armed Forces were tasked with carrying out the operation. The children will be treated at hospitals in Jordan and other countries, the official Jordan News Agency reported.
Jordan initiated a program in March last year to evacuate from Gaza about 2,000 Palestinian children in need of medical care. So far it has helped more than 716 youngsters, in coordination with the Jordanian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.
Jordan has been at the forefront of efforts to provide Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid and food supplies, through aid convoys or airdrops, since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023. A ceasefire agreement between the two sides was established in October 2025.
Medical teams associated with the Jordanian military operate two field hospitals in the Palestinian territory, one in southern Gaza and the other in Gaza City, in the north.
