Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens for limited evacuation
by Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6G16P)
Crossing open for first time in weeks to allow evacuation of foreign passport holders and injured Palestinians
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of injured Palestinians requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport holders.
Witnesses at the border on the Gaza side saw scores of people and cars hurrying to get through the gates towards the Egyptian side through the damaged terminal area, some carrying their belongings. Ambulances whisked away the wounded to Egyptian field hospitals, including one young boy with heavy bandaging around his stomach.
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