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Sick and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens

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Thirty -seven patients and Palestinian wounded Gaza left for medical treatment in Egypt after the reopening of the Rafah border crossing after eight months.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on X that 34 children and three adults, along with 39 comrades, crossed from Gaza for treatment in Egypt.

The main gate has been closed between Gaza and Egypt since the Israeli forces took control of the Gaza team in May last year.

It was reopened as part of the ceasefire and the hostage between Hamas and Israel.

Footage of people who were evacuated showed Palestinian children in coins and ambulances to reach the border crossing.

“We were eagerly awaiting this day.”

She said that her son had been placed in extensive care in Nasser Hospital in Gaza and was suffering from severe pain during the past three months.

“Thank God that his name was included in referral for treatment. I hope that his suffering will end after receiving the appropriate treatment,” she said.

Her son said that he was suffering from severe pain while waiting for his referral to a hospital in Egypt.

“I have a very difficult to move, my mouth suffers from ulcers, and I also have difficulty eating, drinking and everything,” he said.

Muhammad Abu Jalala was also among the accompanying relatives crossing the border for medical treatment. He said that his niece, Lara Abu Jalala, was seriously injured in her feet after a bombing, killing her parents and brothers.

“One of the feet was severely damaged that it had to be amputated. We tried to avoid amputation, but it had to be implemented because the foot had gangrene in the bone,” he said. “The other is still infected and needs treatment, and amputation needs to be followed and treatment.”

Speaking to the BBC from the crossing, Dr. Rick Biberkorn, a representative of the West Bank of the West Bank and Gaza, described the evacuation as an “slow” and “slow” process.

He said: “The ambulances will go one by one, first with non -walking patients, then walk and escorts. They will be examined and then move to the Egyptian side.”

It is estimated that 14,000 people need to reach treatment they cannot obtain in Gaza.

He said that half of these patients “are associated with war injuries, trauma, ampiate, burns, and fork injuries that will need multiple operations and specialized rehabilitation,” adding that the other half suffers from chronic diseases.

“Nearly 5,000 of them expect to be children.”

The head of the European Union’s foreign policy, Kaja Calas, said on Friday that the bloc had deployed a monitoring task at the crossing.

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grey placeholderMap and air clips shows the site of the Rafah crossing, which borders the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

The Riffa crossing is the far south of Gaza. There are only two border crossings from the Gas -Eris tape, a crossing to Israel in northern Gaza, and it is dedicated to people, and Kerm Shalom, a commercial commodity junction with Israel in southern Gaza.

Hamas -run by Hamas says that more than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli military attack in Gaza.

The attack came after about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken to Gaza as hostages when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

The reopening of the Rafah crossing came at a time when Israel and Hamas carried out their fourth hostage release and the exchange of prisoners since it began the ceasefire on January 19.

Israel launched 183 Palestinian prisoners and detained in exchange Three hostages of Israelis – Yarden Pipas, Ober Calderon and Keith Siegel.

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2025-02-01 20:22:00

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