‘Hope turns into reality’ for Gaza injured and cancer patients on UAE flight

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More than 100 cancer patients and wounded Palestinians from Gaza have arrived in Abu Dhabi for medical treatment.

An Etihad plane converted to carry hospital beds and stretchers landed in the Emirati capital on Tuesday morning. The National was on board.

Earlier, at Al Arish military airport in the north of Egypt, adults and children arrived at a hangar having made the journey over the border from Gaza.

The Etihad plane, which brought volunteer medical staff from Abu Dhabi hospitals, had 10…