Israeli authorities say 68 people — sick and injured children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt. The Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, known by its acronym COGAT, said the transport was carried out in co-ordination with officials from the United States, Egypt and the international community.
He has been unwell when he was with me, and he is unable to get treatment. How I am going to leave him when he is only five years old,” she added. The family do not know exactly where Fayez will be treated but they believe his best chance is joining the convoy of two buses and four ambulances to Egypt, via Israel, along with about 20 other children and accompanying adults. In one ambulance, a boy lay on a stretcher, his legs missing from above the knee.