The first Palestinian children injured in Gaza arrived to Ciampino via an Air Force C-130 airplane. They will be distributed between three Italian hospitals: Bambin Gesù in Rome, Gaslini in Genoa, and Meyer in Florence. Subsequently, the Rizzoli of Bologna will also be involved. The flight is part of a massive operation that will continue in the coming days, announced Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, who was waiting for them: the arrival of other injured minors transported on board the Nave Vulcano is expected in the next few hours; while another flight is being prepared with the goal of completing the transfer of 100 injured minors in various tranches, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also stated. "For several days, a mission coordinated by the Crisis Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with personnel from our Embassy in Cairo, the Ministry of Defence, Intelligence, the Ministry of Health and hospitals has been at the Rafah crossing to facilitate, in close contact with our diplomatic offices, the evacuation measures for the wounded, which involve the Nave Vulcano of the Navy, moored in the port of Al-Aris," explained the Foreign Ministry. All very young children, they suffered amputations or multiple fractures that could not be treated on the spot.
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