Doctors Without Borders Urges International Community to Evacuate Tens of Thousands of Wounded from GazaGeneva, 3 Dec 2025 (ONA) — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has appealed to the international community and neighboring countries to open their doors to the tens of thousands of Gaza residents in urgent need of medical evacuation, warning that hundreds have lost their lives while waiting for treatment. In a statement, MSF project coordinator for medical evacuations Hani Isleem, said that the numbers received by countries so far are just a drop in the ocean, explaining that the real number of people in need of medical evacuation is three to four times higher than the patients currently registered. The World Health Organization estimates indicate that more than 8,000 patients have been evacuated since the outbreak of the war on 7 October 2023, while over 16,500 patients still need treatment outside the Gaza Strip, including children suffering from serious illnesses such as cancer and congenital heart defects, he noted. Isleem pointed out that the pace of evacuations has slowed significantly since the Rafah crossing into Egypt was closed in May 2024. The monthly average of outgoing patients has dropped from around 1,500 to about 70. He added that the lengthy and highly politicized process countries employ to accept patients, along with the tendency of many states to prioritize children while overlooking adults, is compounding the suffering of thousands who require urgent care and treatment. The project coordinator for medical evacuations called on governments to stop treating medical evacuation as if it were a shopping list and to focus instead on actual needs and saving human lives. He stressed that the continued decline in evacuation rates threatens the lives of many and increases the number of those dying while awaiting treatment.— Ends/Khalid