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epa12700141 Palestinian patients gather inside the Palestinian Red Crescent Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 02 February 2026. Five Palestinian patients will be allowed to cross the Rafah border to receive medical treatment following communication from the World Health Organization that they were approved by the Israeli side to travel to Egypt. Israel has reopened the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt, allowing a limited number of people to cross daily. EPA/HAITHAM IMAD

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Gaza patients in limbo amid Israel’s ‘pilot reopening’ of Rafah crossing

Published On 3 Feb 2026

  • About 135 Palestinians have traveled to the Rafah crossing to seek urgent medical treatment abroad, but it remains unclear how many – if any – will be allowed by Israel to cross into Egypt.
  • Only five Palestinian patients in critical condition were permitted by Israel to leave Gaza on the first day of the Rafah border’s reopening on Monday after nearly two years of forced closure.