CAIRO: The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has prevented the medical evacuations of at least 2,000 patients, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday (Jun 25), calling for Rafah and other routes to be reopened.
A view of a destroyed building, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the Rafah Crossing, Gaza, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on Jun 19, 2024. CAIRO: The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has prevented the medical evacuations of at least 2,000 patients, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday , calling for Rafah and other routes to be reopened.
The Rafah crossing was the main conduit for evacuations as well as for humanitarian aid earlier in the war that began between Israel and Hamas on Oct 7. It shut when Israel launched an operation on the southern edge of the Gaza strip in May.Israel supreme court rules ultra-Orthodox Jewish students must be drafted to military
Movement through the nearby Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, which Peeperkorn described as unsafe, has been impeded by insecurity and logistical challenges.
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