Evacuation and treatment of severely burned children from Gaza

The suffering of the people in Gaza is hard to bear, even from afar in the daily news. It becomes unbearable in detail when people are given names and personal stories: when you see that a little Maha or a Mohamad suffers severe burns covering up to 80% of their body because their homes are bombed, but there are no hospitals to treat them because they, too, are being bombed.

Initially, an initiative by various associations and NGOs (including Refugees Foundation e.V., Kinderrelief, Ein Herz für Kinder, etc.), with the involvement of the WHO and the German Federal Foreign Office, was intended to fly a group of approximately 50 injured children and their accompanying adults to Germany for treatment and distribution among numerous German hospitals. The Florian Lex Foundation was prepared to support the stay of the injured and traumatized children in Germany. Unfortunately, the Federal Foreign Office has denied their entry to date due to security concerns.

Now the project has gained momentum: Slovenia has agreed to take in injured children from Gaza. The first medical evacuation took place in mid-November 2025; the first young patients were flown via Jordan to Ljubljana and admitted to hospitals there.

With the opening of the Rafah border crossing in early 2026, another option comes into play: patients can be transported to Egypt by land and treated by specialists in Cairo. More burn victims are now on the evacuation list, victims of the bombing of their homes or of open fires in the various refugee tents. The kerosene stoves used there easily tip over and often set fire to the tents, furnishings, and inhabitants.

The Florian Lex Foundation has been asked to manage another evacuation. A ticket for evacuation from Gaza, including transport, accommodation, and treatment is the crucial gateway back to life.