SEVEN PALESTINIAN CHILDREN have arrived in Ireland to receive medical treatment.

The children and their accompanying family members travelled from Gaza to Jordan in a WHO convoy and from Jordan to Ireland with an Irish medical team on a plane provided by the Norwegian Government

This is the fifth medical evacuation from Gaza following government approval for the programme in September 2024, in response to an appeal from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

A total of 27 children from Gaza have now been brought to Ireland for medical treatment.

The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Helen McEntee TD today confirmed the latest arrivals..

The children, who are housed in accommodation managed by the Irish Red Cross, will undergo medical assessments with teams from Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). 

The children and their families or carers are provided with a caseworker and translation services. The HSE will provide appropriate psycho-social assessment for both patients and carers.

Minister McEntee said: “The children who have arrived in Ireland have endured an unimaginable ordeal, and they urgently need specialist medical care. I am deeply relieved that they can now receive that care here in Ireland.

“I want to sincerely thank our international partners, particularly Jordan and Norway, for their vital support, and to pay tribute to our embassy teams in Israel, Palestine and Jordan, whose dedication and hard work have been central to ensuring these children can finally access the care they so desperately need.”