The scheme that the government plans to introduce in the coming weeks will allow you to take up to 300 children along with one of the parents or a guardian, and if necessary – with brothers or sisters.
The program is created in parallel with the activities of the charitable organization Project Pure Hope, which has already brought three children to the UK for treatment in a private way and transferred its experience in conducting such evacuation to the government.
The decision was made against the backdrop of political and public pressure: more than 100 deputies called on the government to act faster, and human rights activists filed claims due to evacuation delays.
According to Unicef, since the beginning of the conflict in October 2023, more than a thousand children in gas were killed or wounded. The new British plan is aimed at saving those in need of urgent medical care, which cannot be obtained on the spot.
Context
Since October 2023, Israel has been waging a war against Hamas in response to his attack on the territory of Israel, the murder of civilians and the abduction of more than 100 hostages, some of which were liberated or killed. During the ground operation, accompanied by massive bombing, about 40 thousand people died in the gas sector.
After long discussions of the ceasefire plan on January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas entered into an agreement on the ceasefire.
On February 10, Hamas accused Israel of violating agreements on the ceasefire in the gas sector and said that he would not transfer hostages. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would resume active fighting in the gas sector. Later the exchange was continued. However, after the refusal of Hamas, Israel announced the first stage of the ceasefire Agreement for the termination of the supply of humanitarian aid of gas.
May 29 it was reported that At least two people were killed and somewhat injured after the “crowds of hungry Palestinians” broke into the UN World Food Program in the Gaza Strip.
On May 31, Reuters wrote that in the gas sector, starving inhabitants robbed dozens of products. On June 17, the agency informed that the Israeli tanks fired at a crowd of thousands of Palestinians who were waiting for trucks with gums.
On July 13, the IDF admitted that he accidentally struck the water delivery point in the gas sector, as a result of which at least 10 people were killed, including children.
