Egypt's Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip reopened on Saturday for the first time in nearly nine months. Several sick and injured Palestinian patients were evacuated via the crossing to receive medical treatment outside war-ruined Gaza,

A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing through Gaza’s Rafah crossing into Egypt on Saturday for treatment in the first opening of the border since Israel captured it nearly

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that 50 patients and 53 companions crossed the border on February 1 to receive treatment in Egypt

CAIRO -- Patients from the Gaza Strip entered Egypt on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only link between Egypt and the Palestinian enclave, Egypt's state-run Nile TV reported. They are the first group of Gazan patients entering Egypt for medical treatment via the crossing since May last year.

The Rafah crossing has been shuttered for over eight months but is opening again as part of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare state-sanctioned protest against a proposal earlier this week by U.S. President Donald Trump for Egypt and Jordan to accept Gazan refugees.

A group of around 50 children were taken through the Rafah crossing – the first opening of the border route in months after it was captured by Israel.

A group of 50 sick and injured Palestinian children began crossing to Egypt for treatment through Gaza's Rafah crossing on Saturday (February 1, 2025), in the first opening of the border since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago.