RAFAH: Around 500 foreigners and dual nationals, as well as several wounded Palestinians, were evacuated from the Israeli-bombed Gaza Strip to Egypt on Sunday, reports from both sides of the border said.
Some “500 foreign nationals from 15 different countries entered Egypt,” an Egyptian security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. AlQahera News, an outlet close to the Egyptian intelligence services, reported the crossing of an additional “seven wounded Palestinians” through the terminal.
Rafah is the only crossing out of Gaza not controlled by Israel, and had been closed on Friday and Saturday. The vast majority of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents are unable to escape the war, which erupted between the territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel on October 7.
Some “500 foreign nationals from 15 different countries entered Egypt,” an Egyptian security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. AlQahera News, an outlet close to the Egyptian intelligence services, reported the crossing of an additional “seven wounded Palestinians” through the terminal.
Rafah is the only crossing out of Gaza not controlled by Israel, and had been closed on Friday and Saturday. The vast majority of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents are unable to escape the war, which erupted between the territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel on October 7.
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