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A Belavia aircraft brought Belarusians and members of their families, who had been evacuated from the Gaza Strip, to Minsk on 16 November. Locals described events in the Gaza Strip as hell. The tense Palestine-Israel relations went to hell in a handbasket due to the conflict that erupted in early October.
“We offered medical care to the family right at the airport. A paramedic from the Volozhin District Central Hospital examined the children (there are seven of them in the large family) and talked with the pregnant woman. After that, the refugees headed off to Volozhin,” said Olga Protosevich, deputy director of the center.
More than 2,400 Ukrainian children ages six to 17 have been forcibly relocated to Belarus since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to a study published by Yale University on Nov. 16.
The aircraft with the Belarusians and their family members evacuated from the Gaza Strip landed safely at the Belarusian capital's airport late in the evening of 16 November. The nightmare that these people experienced is hard to imagine. They spent more than a month in a humanitarian disaster - with no water and electricity.
Two families evacuated from the Gaza Strip have arrived in Volkovysk District, Grodno Oblast, BelTA reports.