More children need to be evacuated from Gaza for treatment: NGO

Steve Sosebee, executive director and co-founder at HEAL Palestine, says there are “tens of thousands” of wounded children in Gaza who need to be evacuated for medical care. “[That’s] not counting those kids who have common injuries, common diseases, afflictions or medical conditions which normally could be treated within the Gaza health system but now have to go outside because the health system has been destroyed,” Sosebee told Al Jazeera. With 37 people, including 11 Palestinian children and their mothers on their way to the US after being evacuated by HEAL Palestine, Sosebee said that the logistical process is “pretty huge”. Yet while the organisation identifies children and works with families to submit their medical records abroad and sort out clearances with the Israeli and Jordanian officials, children are still caught in a mass starvation crisis. “There is a point of no return for malnutrition. For children who have been suffering from malnutrition, they reach some point where they suffer irreversible damage to their immune system,” Sosebee warned. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #GazaEvacuation #PalestinianChildren #HealPalestine #GazaUnderAttack #PalestineRelief #GazaCrisis #GazaWar #EvacuatedFamilies #AlJazeeraEnglish