Malaysia, in solidarity ‘with people of Palestine’, welcomes wounded fleeing Israel-Gaza war
- Malaysia, the first Asian nation to receive Palestinians fleeing the Gaza war, welcomed dozens of wounded evacuees on Friday
Two air force transport jets arrived 30 minutes apart, carrying the wounded Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The patients came out on stretchers and wheelchairs, a few were on crutches, relief washed over the faces of accompanying parents cradling toddlers or tightly grasping the hands of small children as they left the planes.
More than half of the patients were children, including 19 under the age of 12, according to details shared by the Armed Forces. Some evacuees had lost limbs, while others had suffered serious injuries caused by shrapnel from bomb blasts.
“We carried out this mission purely on humanitarian considerations, and to show our solidarity against what is happening to the people of Palestine,” Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin told reporters after receiving the patients.