OCHA publishes regular reports on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. These also include updates on healthcare and medical evacuations.\n\nThe WHO publishes regular updates specifically on medical evacuations from Gaza.\n\nThe WHO also provides live, regularly updated figures, including how many patients are waiting for evacuation and how many have already been evacuated.
A medical evacuation requires a medical assessment, acceptance by a receiving country, security clearance and an organised transfer. The WHO report explains how this process works.
The Lancet Global Health reports on efforts by several human-rights organisations to restore access to essential treatment outside Gaza for patients who cannot receive the care they need there.
The German government rejected offers to receive patients from Gaza for medical treatment and said such admissions were not under consideration.
Germany’s Kleeblatt mechanism provides an established system for receiving seriously injured and ill patients and placing them in suitable hospitals. It has been used for patients from Ukraine since 2022.