Evacuation

WATCH: IDF, Soroka, Joseftal hospitals carry out first-ever ECMO patient evacuation

In a first-of-its-kind operation, the Israel Air Force and medical teams from Soroka and Joseftal hospitals airlifted a young woman connected to an ECMO life-support system from Eilat to Beersheba.

A military helicopter and medical staff from Soroka and Joseftal hospitals evacuate a patient connected to an ECMO machine, February 14, 2026.
Armed Taliban security personnel keep guard beside the closed gate of the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan at Spin Boldak district in Kandahar province on October 12, 2025.

Tens of thousands flee Pakistan’s Tirah Valley amid military action warnings

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the hilltops of the al-Rihane mountain in southern Lebanon on January 9, 2026.

After warning civilians of imminent strikes, Israel hits Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon

Wu Chien-Fu, director of Seismological Center speaks about the recent earthquakes in April during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan April 29, 2024; illustrative.

Southeastern Taiwan shaken by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage


Israeli evacuation of Gaza City would be unsafe and unfeasible, Red Cross head says

Many people in Gaza City would not be able to follow evacuation orders because they are starving, sick or injured, Mirjana Spoljaric said.

Displaced Palestinians ride on a vehicle as they flee from one area to another within Gaza City, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City, August 29, 2025

Vietnam plans mass evacuation, China's Sanya shuts as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

Vietnam evacuates over 580,000 people as Typhoon Kajiki strengthens, with both Vietnam and China bracing for impact.

A man walks past a devastated area following the impact of Typhoon Yagi, in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 8, 2024; illustrative.

Italy leads on Gaza medical evacuations as US freezes humanitarian pathways

Italy’s approach—labor-intensive and openly humanitarian—has created a pathway for hundreds of Gazan children and families.

 Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the IDF issued evacuation orders, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025

Netanyahu calls to accelerate Gaza ops., State Dept. fires press officer over Gaza policy disputes

Dermer meets Qataris in France • Four IDF soldiers injured by hand grenade explosion in southern Syria • Ultra-Orthodox Jews block central Israel highways, protest outside military prison

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Gazan woman who died of 'malnutrition' in Italy was suffering from leukemia, COGAT reveals

Marah Abu Zuhri was the 20-year-old Palestinian who died in an Italian hospital after being evacuated from Gaza. Italian media outlets reported that she suffered from "severe malnutrition."

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS who fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians, travel on a vehicle in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in May. While relocations are unfortunate, they have been distorted by Hamas, which frames Israel’s actions as brutal, the writer argues.

Financing for evacuation-reconstruction projects already at early stages? It’s possible

Bonus offers a new financing model: credit after zoning approval and 67% signatures, allowing funds for growth, speeding processes, and boosting resident trust in urban renewal projects.

Evacuation-Reconstruction Project

Israel treated, evacuated Gazan collaborators after injuries from explosion in tunnel - KAN

After the explosion occurred, the IDF treated the Gazans at the scene with the IDF's Search and Rescue Unit 669, evacuating them via helicopter for further medical treatment in Israel.

Troops of the 401st Brigade operating in the Jabalya area in the northern Gaza Strip; illustrative.

Despite increase in evacuated Israelis returning North, heavy-hit towns remain empty - IDF

Part of the increase is from IDF having Hezbollah on the run since the November 2024 ceasefire, with no Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon and no rockets fired at Israel since December.

 A huge 35 square meters Israeli national flag is raised on the eve of Yom Kippur to remember the fallen soldiers of the 1973 Kippur War in the Golan Heights, Tel Saki Memorial Site, Golan Heights, October 11, 2024.

IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah as Israel launches deeper incursion into Gazan city

The area is packed with Palestinians who left their homes during 21 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of whom fled west or south after Israel issued an evacuation order on Sunday.

Palestinians walk along Salaheddin road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025

Wildfire on Greek island of Crete scorches forest, forces evacuation of over 1,000

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze that forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people on Crete island on Thursday.

 Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 3, 2025