Riyadh: The UAE is to set up a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Emirates News Agency reported.
The move is part of the Gallant Knight 3 humanitarian operation ordered by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
On Monday, five cargo planes left the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi carrying equipment and supplies for the 150-bed facility, bound for Arish in northern Egypt.
The field hospital will include departments for general surgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, and gynecology, in addition to anesthesia and intensive care units.
It will cater for children and adults and provide internal medicine, dentistry, psychiatry, and family medicine clinics.
The UAE recently announced plans to take around 1,000 Palestinian children and their families from the Gaza Strip to its own hospitals for treatment.
So far, among the 10,022 people killed in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, 4,104 have been children.
