Watch: More Palestinian Children Will Be Brought To Malta For Treatment In The Coming Days As Selah Recovers Well
Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced that Malta will welcome more Palestinian children in need of medical treatment in the coming days, while young Selah is progressing well.
Abela announced this to the press yesterday after a European Council meeting where he urged for an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire and also met the families of people being held hostage by Hamas.
Speaking to the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Malta Fadi Hanania, Lovin Malta was told that young Selah who came to Malta for treatment in February is progressing well amid a “long healing process”.
Meanwhile, when asked what will happen with the children and their guardians once their treatment is done, Hanania said that the embassy is responsible for securing them with all the necessary documents to return back home once the land is habitable again.
A spokesperson of the Prime Minister further told the newsroom that these individuals can “apply for asylum and their applications will be assessed”.
“We will give them the best treatment possible in light of their grievous injuries. More than 32,000 people in Palestine have died, many of them children, many of them youths, and many of them women,” Abela said.
“On the other hand, there were around 1,400 people that died as well. This is a tragic humanitarian situation and we have the responsibility to urge for a stop in the fighting and the atrocities that are happening.”
He further explained Malta condemns the Iran’s attack on Israel but hopes that Israel will not escalate the tensions further. Abela recounted meeting the Israeli families of Hamas hostages taken on 7th October, describing it as a “heartbreaking scene”.
“To see so many families crying in front of you, who don’t know if their loved ones are alive or dead, with hope that may be dwindling, ask me to give a message to the Council that they also want a stop of the fighting,” he said, explaining that he believes he delivered the message very clearly last night.
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