GazaIbrahim Abu Aram died waiting for approval.

More than 20,000 people now need evacuation, and only one authority decides who leaves.

Israel alone approves every medical referral out of Gaza, a WHO-tracked process patients call opaque and slow.

At least 1,092 registered patients died awaiting approval since July 2024, WHO data show.

How each outlet framed it
New Lines Magazine leans critical
reconstructs four-year medical-evacuation denial; cites WHO data of 1,092 evacuation-waitlist deaths (July 2024–Nov 2025)

Sources: New Lines Magazine