Ambulances drive as the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopens on February 1. — Reuters
Ambulances drive as the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopens on February 1. — Reuters

 Trucks carrying aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on February 1. — Reuters
Trucks carrying aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on February 1. — Reuters

 A convoy of vehicles carrying Palestinian patients and wounded from Gaza heads towards the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on February 1. — Reuters
A convoy of vehicles carrying Palestinian patients and wounded from Gaza heads towards the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on February 1. — Reuters

 Palestinian security personnel stand next to a bus loaded with patients from Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital waiting to be evacuated to Egypt for treatment through the Rafah crossing on February 1. — AFP
Palestinian security personnel stand next to a bus loaded with patients from Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital waiting to be evacuated to Egypt for treatment through the Rafah crossing on February 1. — AFP

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