On October 25, local time, UNICEF spokesman James Elder said in Geneva that a large number of children in need of emergency medical treatment were stranded in the Gaza Strip because they did not receive approval from the Israeli bureaucracy. Elder said that from January 1 to May 7 this year, an average of 296 children in need of emergency medical treatment were evacuated every month. Since Israel launched a ground offensive and closed the Rafah crossing on 7 May, the number of children evacuated each month has dropped to just 22. If this slow pace continues, it will take more than seven years to evacuate 2,500 children in need of urgent medical treatment. Elder said it is currently unclear how many requests for medical evacuation of child patients have been denied. The Government Territorial Activities Coordination Office under the Israeli Ministry of Defense, which controls entry and exit points from Gaza, provided only a list of approved patients; the status of others was not disclosed. When patients are turned down, nothing can be done. Under the control of an indifferent bureaucracy, the suffering of children in Gaza has increased.

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On October 25, local time, UNICEF spokesman James Elder said in Geneva that a large number of children in need of emergency medical treatment were stranded in the Gaza Strip because they did not receive approval from the Israeli bureaucracy. Elder said that from January 1 to May 7 this year, an average of 296 children in need of emergency medical treatment were evacuated every month. Since Israel launched a ground offensive and closed the Rafah crossing on 7 May, the number of children evacuated each month has dropped to just 22. If this slow pace continues, it will take more than seven years to evacuate 2,500 children in need of urgent medical treatment. Elder said it is currently unclear how many requests for medical evacuation of child patients have been denied. The Government Territorial Activities Coordination Office under the Israeli Ministry of Defense, which controls entry and exit points from Gaza, provided only a list of approved patients; the status of others was not disclosed. When patients are turned down, nothing can be done. Under the control of an indifferent bureaucracy, the suffering of children in Gaza has increased.