Photograph: AFP via Getty ImagesSeven seriously ill children were successfully evacuated from Gaza to the Republic via Jordan on Saturday night. Saturday’s mission is the third successful medical evacuation of its kind. The World Health Organisation (WHO) worked to bring the children from Gaza to the border with Jordan in a medevac convoy. The third successful medical evacuation was confirmed by Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Children’s Health Ireland chief executive Lucy Nugent said it was “meaningful and emotional that we can in some way help the children of Gaza”.

Source: The Irish Times October 27, 2025 22:55 UTC