UAE's Gallant Night 3: Support for Palestinians in Times of Need

On 7th November 2024, the UAE Rulers engaged in a humanitarian aid gathering for the support of Palestinians through “the Gallant Night 3.” In this intervention organized together with the World Health Organization, 86 critically injured Palestinians, among them children and cancer patients, have been flown from Gaza to Abu Dhabi for treatment. This is the 22nd EAU’s airlift since the rise in the crisis.

Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked Russian and Chechnya authorities that the UAE guarantees the safety of Palestinians over a clearly uncertain period of time. The project focuses on helping 1000 war- wounded kids as well as 1000 cancer patients inhabiting Gaza region. Since December 2023, more than 50 000 cases have been attended to by the UAE’s Field Hospital located in Gaza, beside other medical facilities at a floating hospital moored at Al-Arish Port which has treated over 6400 patients.

Apart from the medical evacuations, Gallant Night 3 also transported more than 20 thousand tonnes of life-saving assistances such as food, water and medical aid, among others. Under this agenda there are also setting up of field hospitals in Gaza and assisting local organizations in order to provide better services to the community. As well, the UAE pays paramount attention to the welfare of children by giving them joyful activities and providing them with safe zones where they can be helped psychologically.

All in all, Gallant Night 3 is a costly and comprehensive response to a crisis that aims to provide for the needs of the Palestinian people in the middle of this crisis and also seeks to ensure that there is peace among the people in the country in the future.