LONDON: Oman on Wednesday provided medical supplies and equipment to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with help from Jordanian authorities.
The Jordanian Royal Medical Services and Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization worked with the Oman Embassy in Amman to arrange the shipment which will be sent to Jordanian field hospitals operating within the enclave, the Jordan News Agency reported.
The death toll from the Israeli war in Gaza rose to 73,246 this week, with 173,727 people injured since Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Palestine News Agency.
At least 1,123 people have been killed and 3,616 injured since October last year, when a US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza was signed to ensure a permanent ceasefire and the beginning of reconstruction efforts. That plan has since stalled.
Doctors at the Jordanian Armed Forces’ field hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday carried out surgeries on two patients with broken limbs. The military also runs a field hospital in the north of Gaza.
Jordan’s other humanitarian initiatives in Gaza include the provision of a land route for aid deliveries, a mobile bakery and a scheme to evacuate critically ill people to hospitals in Jordan.
