Dozens of Egyptian ambulances cross the Rafah crossing to transport injured Palestinians

Dozens of Egyptian ambulances crossed the border of Rafa transport injured Palestinians from Gaza strip receive treatment in Egyptfor the first time since the start of Israeli bombings on the Palestinian enclave, Egyptian witnesses and the media reported.

Egyptian television channels show images of a long line of other Egyptian ambulances in front of the crossing gate Rafathe only entry and exit of the Palestinian Territory besieged that is not in the hands of Israeland who also plan to enter the Palestinian side today to transfer “severe cases”.

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According to sources, Egypt hopes to transfer some 80 Gazans injured during the day to hospitals in the cities of Sheikh Zuaid It is Al Arishapproximately 15 and 30 kilometers from the border crossing, respectively, where they will receive first aid, and some cases will be transferred to other medical centers depending on the severity of the injuries.

They emphasized that Egyptian ambulances will not go deep into the Palestinian striptarget of continued Israeli bombing, but will wait on the other side of the pass, at an agreed point, to receive the message Gaza injuredin an operation coordinated by Egyptian Red Crescent and Palestine.

Journalists film as ambulances from the Palestinian Ministry of Health pass through the gate to enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, before crossing into Egypt on November 1, 2023. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP). (MOHAMMED ABED/)

For days Egypt announced that it was prepared to receive and treat “any number of injuries” Palestinians from Gaza strip once allowed to leave the Palestinian enclave, where 2.2 million people reside there.

The Egyptian government, a key mediator between Israel and the Palestinians, has said since mid-October that it has set up hospitals in North Sinai, such as the one in Al Arish and that of Beir al-Abdas well as the medical center Naser Institute in Cairoto receive injured Palestinians.

In addition to the medical centers in the north of Sinaihe Cairo sent mobile clinics to the area and increased healthcare personnel in several medical specialties, while also stockpiling all types of medical supplies, blood bags and placed the emergency system on alert to deal with “epidemics”.

He Gaza Ministry of Health warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis is generating a wave of epidemics that already affect around 3,100 people, mainly children with scabies, diarrhea, bronchial infections, food poisoning and chickenpox.

Various agencies United Nations denounced the Israeli attacks on the health system of Link and warned of the deterioration of the situation in hospitals in the Palestinian enclavedue to bombings, shortages of medical supplies and fuel shortages, and amid constant communications disruptions.

Source: Elcomercio