Holders with Foreign Passports Cross the Rafah Bridge

On Wednesday, dozens of Palestinians were seen coming into Egypt from Gaza via the Rafah border. It seems to be the first occasion since the beginning of the conflict that people with foreign passports had been permitted to escape the besieged area.

On Wednesday, more than 400 foreign passport holders will be able to exit Gaza, according to the Palestinian border authority.

Due to disputes between Israel, Egypt, and Hamas, hundreds of people have congregated at the border at various points in recent weeks but have not been let to leave. With the exception of four captives who were freed by Hamas, nobody has been permitted to leave Gaza. Earlier last week, Israeli soldiers freed another prisoner.

More than 80 injured Palestinians will be transported from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday for medical attention, according to state-run media in Egypt. A field hospital has been established in the neighboring town of Sheikh Zuweid, and ambulances were seen approaching the Rafah border from the Egyptian side.

Fearing that Israel won’t let them return to Gaza after the battle, Egypt has said it would not take in any more Palestinian refugees.

The Health Ministry in Gaza, which is operated by Hamas, reports that 8,525 Palestinians have died in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Over 122 Palestinians have lost their lives in Israeli incursions and acts of brutality in the occupied West Bank.

Over 1,400 individuals have died in Israel, the majority of them were civilians murdered in the first Hamas attack on October 7 that sparked the conflict. Additionally, the extremist organization brought some 240 captives into Gaza from Israel. A special forces operation freed one of the prisoners, a female Israeli soldier.