05/12/24 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission has mobilised its Civil Protection Mechanism as part of a new medical evacuation from Gaza, said the new European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, on X on Thursday 5 December. Eight patients requiring emergency care and 25 family members were transferred to hospitals in Belgium, Romania and Spain. “The war has led to a near complete shutdown of the medical system”, wrote Hadja Lahbib. Ten...