Adhering to the principles and values promoted by
its founder, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan
Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be among leading nations responding to humanitarian crises caused by conflicts and natural disasters.
In July 2024, the 18th convoy of wounded Gazan children, cancer patients and their companions arrived in Abu Dhabi for treatment at UAE hospitals.
Planes began ferrying patients in batches from Gaza to the UAE in November 2023, fulfilling instructions from UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to supply treatment and health care to 1,000 wounded children and 1,000 cancer patients.
The first group of 15 children arrived in the UAE in late November 2023. Commercial planes were retrofitted with stretchers and beds to carry patients.
This initiative is part of ongoing efforts by the UAE to ease the humanitarian crisis from the conflict in Gaza. The UAE has delivered thousands of food packages, blankets, tents, medicine and other essentials to civilians in need.
In addition to urgent supplies, the UAE established a field hospital in Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3. In January 2024, a medical delegation led by Dr. Noura Khamis al-Ghaithi, undersecretary of the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, visited patients admitted to the hospital, accompanied by personnel from the Emirati Red Crescent.
Sources: Emirates News Agency, NBC News, DevelopmentAid, Al Ghad TV.