GENEVA, August 6, 2025 (WAFA) - Over 14,800 patients in Gaza are still in urgent need of specialized medical treatment, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

“We urge more countries to step forward to accept patients and for medical evacuations to be expedited through all possible routes,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement posted on X.

The appeal came as the WHO announced it had facilitated the medical evacuation of 15 critically ill children to Jordan on Wednesday morning, accompanied by 42 companions.

“We thank the government and health workers of Jordan for continuously offering specialised care to patients from Gaza, especially children,” Tedros said.

K.F.