Sick and wounded Palestinians leave the gas when the crossing of the raffa opens

The border crossing of the Gaza Rafa to the Gaza, a major entrance and a point of exit to the territory opened again after eight months to allow sick and injured Palestinians to move to Egypt to receive medical treatment.

Fifty patients, including cancer children, have entered Egypt for access to medical care, according to Hamas, health ministry.

The passage was closed as the forces of the Israeli took control of the Gaza country last May.

The key portal, a vital conductor for help, opened again as part of a termination transaction and hostage between Hamas and Israel.

Evacuated footage shows that Palestinian children in stretchers and ambulances arriving at the border checkpoint.

“We are waiting for this day impatiently,” May Hader Abdul Ghani, whose son, Moatasem Billah Rami Nabil Sammour, has a rare autoimmune disease, BBC Arabic Gaza told BBC.

She said her son was placed in intensive care at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza and suffered from severe pain for the last three months.

“The glory of God that his name is included in a treatment recommendation. I hope his suffering ended after receiving appropriate treatment,” she said.

She added that the treatment of the disease was not available in gas due to the closure of intersections, the lack of drugs and the general lack of healthcare.

Her son told her that he had a lot of pain while waiting to be directed to a hospital in Egypt.

“I have strong difficulties in the move, my mouth has ulcers. I also have difficulty eating, drinking and everything,” he said.

Mohammed Abu Jalala was also among the accompanying relatives crossing the border for medical treatment. He said his niece Lara Abu Jalala had suffered serious injuries to her feet after a bombing in which her parents and three brothers killed.

“One leg was so damaged that it had to be amputated. We tried to avoid the amputation, but it had to be done as the leg had a gangrene in the bone,” he said. “The other is still injured and needs treatment, and the amputation needs monitoring and treatment.”

Speaking to the BBC of The Crossing, Dr. Rik Peperkorn, a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the West Coast and Gaza, describes the evacuation as a “tidy” and “slow” process.

“The ambulances go one by one, first with the patients who do not move, then walking to patients and comrades. They will be checked and then move to the Egyptian side,” he said.

He estimates that 14,000 people need access to treatment they cannot get in gas.

The WHO estimates that half of the injuries of these patients are associated with traumas and traumas, amputated, burns, spinal injuries that will need multiple surgeries and specialized rehabilitation, “he said, adding that the other half suffer from chronic illnesses S

“Approximately 5000 of them are expecting to be children.”

The head of European Union Foreign Policy Kaja Kalas said on Friday that the block had deployed a mission to monitor the intersection.

“He will support the Palestinian border staff and allow the transfer of people outside the gas, including those who need medical attention,” she wrote to X.

The intersection of Rafa is the most sowing post of exit from gas. There are only two other border crossings from and in the Gaza Strip – Erez, a transition to Israel in North Gaza, which is for humans, and Kerem Shalom, only the collection intersection with Israel in South Gaza.

More than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, says Hamas Health Ministry.

The offensive came after about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

The re -opening of the crossing of Rafa came when Israel and Hamas made their fourth release from hostage and swap prisoners, as the cessation of the fire began on January 19.

Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners and detained in exchange for three Israeli hostages – Yard Bibas, Oh Calderon and Keith Seagal.