A total of 452 patients and 620 people accompanying them have left Gaza in the 12 working days since the Rafah crossing reopened for medical evacuations, the head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, Salama Maroof, says in a statement on X, Al Jazeera reports.

Maroof said the average of 90 travellers a day remains far below the departure of 150 patients and their companions per day stipulated under the ceasefire signed between Israel and Hamas. He said about 15,000 patients still require medical evacuation from Gaza.

The director general of hospitals in Gaza, Dr Mohammed Zaqout, told Al Jazeera in a previous statement that Israel is preventing a significant number of patients from leaving the strip.