‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo

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Forty-six Palestinians, including patients and their escorts, evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment in Baghdad in May 2024 are now administratively trapped after Iraqi authorities confiscated their travel documents. The group, facing prolonged separation from families in Gaza where their homes have been destroyed, is confined to a medical center, highlighting a broader medical crisis and the difficulty of accessing care abroad.

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Palestinian patients stripped of their documents are confined inside a Baghdad medical centre.

‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo

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