Key rafah transition between Gaza and Egypt re -open for medical evacuation | Israel-Palestine News of Conflict
The EU again oversees a key border crossing that has been closed to people since May 2024 in the middle of the war of Israel against Gaza.
The European Union has re -launched its civilian mission of the monitoring of the border crossing in Rafah, as the key transit point between Gaza and Egypt will reopen on Saturday for medical evacuation.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that numerous Palestinians – including injured civilians and fighters of Hamas – would enter on Saturday by Egypt through the turn of Rafah, which has been closed to human traffic ever since May 2024.
Initially, they will open for 50 injured fighters and 50 wounded civilians, along with the people who follow them, said Hamas officials, adding that an additional 100 people – most likely students – will be allowed on humanitarian bases.
People will be allowed to travel only in one direction, from Gaza to Egypt, officials have been said for now.
Kaja Kallas, head of EU Foreign Policy, said on Friday that “the civil border mission of the EU is today deployed to the transition of Rafah at the request of Palestinians and Israelis.
“This will support Palestinian border staff and enable the transfer of individuals from Gaza, including those who need medical care,” UA Post on x.
Egyptian security sources have confirmed that members of the EU team have arrived at the facility.
The transition will now be led by members of the Palestinian administration (Pa) and European monitors, including the Hamas officers.
The Gaza Ministry of Health announced that the transportation of patients from two hospitals in the north and south of the endlave would be coordinated with the World Health Organization.
At the Geneva News briefing on Friday, which Rik Peeperkorn’s representative said that about 12,000-14,000 patients were waiting to be evacuated from Gaza via Rafah.
Yossi Mekelberg, an analyst from the United Kingdom, headquartered in the United Kingdom, told Al Jazeera that “from Israeli’s point of view of the idea of allowing Hamas fighters to get a medication something that, just a few weeks ago, would not. it happens. “
He added that “it is also symbolically that Rafah allow it to open as a transition to reach Egypt. We are starting to see some return to normal, and some return to common sense among all sides.”
Meanwhile, hundreds of Egyptians attended a demonstration near the Rafah crossing on Friday to protest against the plan floated by US President Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan, Egyptian media reported.
News of the TV with the state of Al-Qaher have shown footage of hundreds of protesters who waved to Egyptian and Palestinian flags near the border crossing.
Last week Trump suggested a plan last week “cleanse“Gaza comics, and Jordan and Egypt took over Palestine from the territory that was diluted with war.
Both countries have publicly rejected Idea.
