Egyptian state television showed photos from the Rafah border crossing, where on Wednesday, November 1, the first group of people evacuated from the Gaza Strip reached Egypt. The images quickly spread around the world and television in many countries reported the moment wounded people, ambulances and hundreds of civilians fled the Palestinian territories.
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The evacuation action took place at the same time as negotiations between Israel and Hamas led by Egypt. As ft.com emphasizes, Diplomats from many countries hope that more than 6,000 foreigners will be able to leave the war-torn Palestinian territories via the same routewhere fierce fighting continues between Hamas and Israel.
As revealed by ft.com, according to sources close to the diplomatic service, there are plans for 500 foreigners to depart on November 1, and another thousand the following day. The list of foreigners is prepared by Hamas and accepted by the Israeli services.
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Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra told Qahera News this an agreement was reached under which 81 injured and seriously ill people would leave the Gaza Strip to continue treatment. According to ft.com the spokesperson also added that hundreds of thousands of people needed to be evacuated. He also acknowledged that the ministry had asked Egypt to accept patients whose conditions were life-threatening and for whom there were no treatment options in Gaza.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, The head of the World Health Organization said WHO welcomed Egypt’s decision to admit some of the injured. For the evacuation, Egypt sent 40 ambulances to transport sick and injured victims. The deal that allowed the evacuation of people from Gaza was led by Qatar, which runs Hamas’ political office.
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On the day of the evacuation, Israel completely blocked internet and cell phone access in the Gaza Strip. According to Palestine, Israeli bombings have so far killed more than 8,500 people. people in the Gaza Strip, and more than 21.5 thousand people were injured. people. Israel also drastically reduced supplies of electricity, water, fuel and food to the Gaza Strip, prompting the UN to warn of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.
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