AMMAN — The Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army (JAF) on Monday evacuated the 18th group of children from Gaza in need of medical care as part of the Royal-directed "Jordan Medical Corridor" initiative to support the Palestinian people and alleviate their suffering.

 

The JAF said that it had evacuated 16 patients and 51 accompanying relatives, who will receive treatment in Jordanian hospitals in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a JAF statement.

 

The operation forms part of the JAF's ongoing medical and humanitarian efforts to provide essential healthcare and support to Palestinians in Gaza.

 

The initiative was announced by His Majesty King Abdullah during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on February 11, 2025, to treat 2,000 child patients from Gaza in successive stages.

 

The Jordan Medical Corridor is one of several ongoing initiatives launched by the Kingdom to support the people of Gaza.

 

Jordan runs two military field hospitals in Gaza - one in the Strip's north and was established in 2009 following the war in 2008 and the second is in Khan Younis in the south, which was established in November 2023 at the peak of the Israeli war of aggression on the coastal enclave that erupted on October 7, 2023.

 

Besides the field hospitals in Gaza, the JAF established the Jordanian field hospital in Nablus in late November 2023.