Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt s Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel and Israeli forces later began its retaliation on the Gaza Strip.
At least 8,700 people have been killed and 22,000 have been injured in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,400 people have died and 4,629 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities.
Seventy-six injured Gazan residents have crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, hours after the Rafah border crossing opened, according to Palestinian Rafah Crossing spokesman Wael Abu Omar.
At least 335 foreign passport holders including dual nationals also crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, he added.
Fifty-one aid trucks have crossed into Gaza on Wednesday, according to Omar, bringing the total to 268 trucks that have crossed so far.
Before the reopening
Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt s Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel and Israeli forces later began its retaliation on the Gaza Strip.
At least 8,700 people have been killed and 22,000 have been injured in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,400 people have died and 4,629 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities.
Seventy-six injured Gazan residents have crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, hours after the Rafah border crossing opened, according to Palestinian Rafah Crossing spokesman Wael Abu Omar.
At least 335 foreign passport holders including dual nationals also crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, he added.
Fifty-one aid trucks have crossed into Gaza on Wednesday, according to Omar, bringing the total to 268 trucks that have crossed so far.
Before the reopening
Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt s Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel and Israeli forces later began its retaliation on the Gaza Strip.
At least 8,700 people have been killed and 22,000 have been injured in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. At least 1,400 people have died and 4,629 others have been injured in Israel, according to Israeli authorities.
Seventy-six injured Gazan residents have crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, hours after the Rafah border crossing opened, according to Palestinian Rafah Crossing spokesman Wael Abu Omar.
At least 335 foreign passport holders including dual nationals also crossed from Gaza into Egypt on Wednesday, he added.
Fifty-one aid trucks have crossed into Gaza on Wednesday, according to Omar, bringing the total to 268 trucks that have crossed so far.
Before the reopening
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