ESCAPE AT LAST. Scores of foreign passport holders trapped in Gaza make a mad dash to enter the Rafah border crossing that was opened for the first time for evacuees on Nov. 1, 2023 since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Below photos show Palestinian health ministry ambulances crossing the gate to enter the border crossing to Egypt while a man leads a donkey-drawn cart carrying luggage outside the Rafah gate.
The evacuation of the first people to escape war-torn Gaza provided a rare glimmer of hope in an otherwise desolate humanitarian crisis, with more than 8,500 killed in Israeli bombing, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. “We are overwhelmed… Have mercy on us. We are Egyptians and can’t cross into our country,” Umm Yussef, a dual Palestinian-Egyptian national, told AFP on the Gaza side.AFPTV images showed whole families, struggling to carry their worldly possessions, rushing through the heavily fortified crossing towards Egypt, which was expected to take at least 400 refugees and 90 of the most badly wounded and sick.
Images provided by the military showed troops picking through bombed-out houses searching for militants or some of the 240 hostages seized by Hamas. Israel said its warplanes had struck a “vast” tunnel complex at the site, killing “many Hamas terrorists,” including local battalion commander Ibrahim Biari.
Surgeons are conducting amputations on hospital floors without anesthetic, and children are forced to drink salty water, said Jean-Francois Corty, vice-president of Medecins du Monde, which has 20 staff on the ground. Israeli officials said 70 trucks with aid were allowed to enter Gaza from Egypt Tuesday, one of the biggest flows since a US-brokered deal was reached, but far less than humanitarian groups say is needed.
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