The first 29 of the estimated 2,000 children in need of medical treatment reached Jordan from Gaza. Among the evacuees were injured and children suffering from cancerous and unusual blood conditions.
Among them were six months of Niveen Abu Daqqa, with a heart of heart, and his mother enas – he left four children in Gaza to join him.
They traveled under an agreement that reached out between Israel and Jordan supported in the United States. Each child is accompanied by at least one family member, and all evacuated to Gaza has been dismissed by Israel.
The special letter to the BBC, Fergal Keane looked at them.
