Turkey evacuates 18 more wounded Palestinians
ANKARA - The Associated Press
A Palestinian girl, who was injured during the Israeli operations in Gaza, is carried on a stretcher to an ambulance after the arrival of a group of injured Palestinians by air ambulance at Ankara's Esenboğa airport on 13 Aug. AFP PHoto / Adem Altan
A Turkish plane has evacuated 18 more wounded Palestinians to Turkey, raising the number of Gazans being treated in Turkish hospitals to 22.Turkey began transporting wounded Palestinians to Turkey on Sunday by airlifting four people out of Gaza.
On Aug. 13 a Turkish military plane landed at Ankara airport with 18 wounded Palestinians and their companions. It took off from Israel's Ben Gurion airport earlier in the day.
The wounded, including a pregnant woman and five children, were to be treated at a hospital in the capital. Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said Turkey was planning to airlift some 200 Palestinians wounded in the Gaza conflict.
