Preparations start for medical evacuations through Rafah crossing

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The first young patients expected to pass through the Rafah crossing with Egypt to seek specialised medical treatment abroad have begun to arrive at a hospital in Gaza in preparation for travel, Al Jazeera reports.

The Palestine Media Centre posted video to social media showing parents and children getting ready in what will mark the first medical evacuation since the ceasefire, and the first transit through the Rafah crossing since it was taken over by Israeli forces and closed in May 2024.

 A Palestinian man holds a sick child before leaving Gaza for treatment abroad through Rafah crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 1, 2025.  — Reuters
A Palestinian man holds a sick child before leaving Gaza for treatment abroad through Rafah crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 1, 2025. — Reuters

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