A group of Palestinians with dual citizenship They crossed the pass this Wednesday Welfare from Loop towards SweetcornParallel to dozens of ambulances entering the Palestinian side Injured Gazans transferred to Egyptian hospitals, according to witnesses and Egyptian media.
Egyptian officials confirmed that the country will receive 81 people were seriously injured At least 40 of those seeking treatment at medical centers in Egypt crossed the border and were taken to hospitals in northern Sinai.
The exact number or nationalities are still unknown. The number of people Egypt has allowed to cross the border and who have been waiting on the Palestinian side since the conflict began three weeks ago.
Egyptian television channels ExtraNews and CairoNews confirmed this”“The first Palestinian group with dual citizenship to leave Gaza” and they did not rule out the possibility that the number of people allowed to cross the crossing could reach hundreds.
Sources at the Rafa crossing point told EFE: This “first group” of dual citizenship Palestinians “They are completing procedures that allow them to be on Egyptian territory” and They did not rule out allowing “other foreign passport holders” to cross into Egypt..
They also emphasized that this permission followed an agreement between Egyptian and Israeli officials, mediated by Qatar and the United States, on the departure of “some individuals” from Gaza. 500 foreign passport holders“The Palestinian enclave.
SweetcornCategorically rejecting the displacement of Palestinian refugees Egypt has repeatedly accused Israel of imposing its influence on the Sinai Restriction on humanitarian aid entry to Gaza and the departure of foreigners from the residential area.
Egyptian officials have also demonstrated this on various occasions. their willingness to allow foreigners of various nationalities to cross the borderprovided that they then travel to their home countries.
The departure of the dual-citizen Palestinians coincided with dozens of Egyptian ambulances transporting the “seriously injured” to the Palestinian side of Rafah, which is today the only entry and exit point into the besieged Palestinian territory not in Israeli hands. Israeli bombardment of the area in order to receive treatment in Egyptian hospitals.