# Gaza cancer patients trapped as medical evacuations lag

https://mins.news/en/video/21690

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-13 23:22 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfykkZ57cCU

> Thousands of cancer patients in Gaza are waiting to be evacuated abroad amid a severe lack of treatment options. Israel has allowed only 11,000 patients to leave through the Rafah Crossing—less than half the number expected under the October ceasefire agreement. Khuloud Abu Sahmoud, 33, has gone three months without treatment, relying on painkillers while waiting to leave with her child. Elham Al-Skafi, 38, has had a transfer referral for a year and a half.

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