Israel plans to arrange a area hospital to offer medical remedy for refugees in western Ukraine, officers mentioned on Monday.
The undertaking is spearheaded by the nation’s international and well being ministries, in accordance with a press release from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s workplace. The hospital ought to be operational by subsequent week, the international ministry mentioned.
“It is an initiative that not many nations can take upon themselves, and Israel has this means and we’re going ahead,” Mr Bennett mentioned.
The International Ministry mentioned the hospital will function for a month, offering refugees with an emergency room, a supply room, and different providers.
It has dubbed the operation Kochav Meir – Hebrew for “Shining Star” – after the nation’s first feminine prime minister, Golda Meir, who was born in Ukraine and based the International Ministry’s worldwide improvement unit.
Israel has good relations with each Ukraine and Russia and has labored as an middleman between the 2 nations since Russia invaded. In latest days, nevertheless, International Minister Yair Lapid has grow to be more and more outspoken in his condemnations of Russia’s invasion of its western neighbour.
