A man waves at his wife and child sitting in a bus as patients from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City wait to be evacuated for treatment through the Rafah crossing on February 1. — AFP
A man waves at his wife and child sitting in a bus as patients from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City wait to be evacuated for treatment through the Rafah crossing on February 1. — AFP

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

A Palestinian patient set to leave for treatment abroad, waits to head towards Rafah crossing to leave Gaza for treatment abroad, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 1. — Reuters
A Palestinian patient set to leave for treatment abroad, waits to head towards Rafah crossing to leave Gaza for treatment abroad, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 1. — Reuters

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

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