Patient and wounded Palestinians leave gas when the Rafah crossing reopens ncvrs.com

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) said at X that 34 children and three adults and 39 companions crossed gas to receive treatment in Egypt.

The key dog ​​between Gaza and Egypt has been closed since the Israeli forces took control of the Gaza side in May last year.

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

Evaches footage shows that Palestinian children arrive in stretcher and rescue at the border crossing.

“We waited impatiently for this day,” said today Khader Abdul Ghani, whose son, Moatasem Billh Rami Nabil Sammor, has a rare autoimmune disease, BBC Arabic said.

He said his son had been placed in intensive care at Nasser Hospital in Gaza and had suffered severe pain in the last three months.

“Thank goodness for his name to be treated. I hope his suffering ends after the proper treatment has been received,” he said.

His son said he suffered great pain while waiting to refer to an Egyptian hospital.

“I have serious difficulties in my movement, the number has ulcers, and they find it difficult to eat, drink and eat everything,” he said.

Mohammed Abu Jalala was also among the accompanying relatives who crossed the border for medical treatment. He said his niece, Lara Abu Jalala, suffered serious injuries after a bombing that killed her parents and brothers.

“One leg was so severely injured that it had to be amputated. We tried to avoid amputation, but it had to be done because the foot was in the bone,” he said. “The other is still injured and needs treatment and amputation requires trace and treatment.”

Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, a representative of the West Bank and Gazai WHO, spoke from Crossing to the BBC, describing evacuation as a “organized” and “slow” process.

“The ambulances are traveling individually, first with non-walking patients, then walking patients and companions. They will check them and then move to the Egyptian side,” he said.

It is estimated that 14,000 people should have access to treatment that cannot be obtained in Gaza.

The WHO estimates that half of patients’ injuries are “war and trauma related to injuries, amputers, burns, spine injuries that need more operations and special rehabilitation,” he said, adding that the other half suffers from chronic diseases.

“About 5,000 of them are waiting for children.”

Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy manager, said on Friday that the block had been installing an observation mission on Crossing.

“It supports the Palestinian border staff and allows individuals to be transferred from Gaza, including those who need medical care,” he wrote on X.

The Rafah intersection is the southernmost position of the exit of Gaza. There are only two other border crossings from the Gaza Strip -Erez, one crossing to Israel in the northern part of Gaza, and for people, and Shaalom, an Israel -i Gaza Israel node.

According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, more than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli military attack.

The attack is approx. 1,200 people murdered and took 251 people back to Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

The reopening of the Rafah crossroad came when Israel and Hamas since the ceasefire on January 19, the fourth hostage and the replacement of the prisoner began.

Israel issued 183 Palestinian prisoners and prisoners in exchange Three Israeli hostages – Yarden Bibas, Oveer Kalderon and Keith Siegel.