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Palestine: Injured children could come to NI for treatment
Stormont's first and deputy first ministers are "close" to an agreement on allowing urgent medical treatment for children from Gaza as part of a UK-wide is understood that Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly are finalising plans by way of "urgent procedure" to enable Northern Ireland's participation in the scheme.A Stormont source told BBC News NI that a "very modest number" of children - possibly two or three - would be brought to NI under the medical could be among a group of between 30 and 50 critically ill and injured Palestinian children who are expected to be evacuated from Gaza to the UK for medical treatment in the coming weeks.
The story was first reported in the Irish Minister Mike Nesbitt had previously expressed his support for the urgent procedure mechanism would mean the plan is not required to go to the whole executive for Executive Office and the Department of Health have both been contacted for comment.
