Israel-Hamas War: Rafa Crossing reopened for people amid war, 10 thousand people have died in Gaza so far

The Rafah crossing has been reopened to allow a limited number of people to enter Egypt amid the Israel-Hamas war.

News agency ANI, quoting CNN report, said that the Rafah border has been reopened on Monday. During this time, Egyptians and foreigners included in the pre-approved list will be allowed to enter Egypt.

Rafah border is the only entrance to Gaza for Egypt

The Rafah border is Gaza’s only gateway to Egypt. Israel has no control over this. It was opened on Wednesday to foreign nationals and their dependents, as well as injured Gazans. Later it was closed for two days.

What did Egyptian officials say?

Egyptian officials said humanitarian operations were halted on Saturday following an Israeli attack on an ambulance in Gaza last week. The movement of trucks carrying relief material entering through this border has also reduced. Sources said Egypt was seeking guarantees on the safety of ambulances used for evacuations.

Attacks on Gaza hospitals, eight dead

Eight people were killed in Israeli attacks on two hospitals in Gaza on Sunday-Monday night. According to Gaza’s health department, the first attack hit an eye hospital. Four people were killed in this hospital, while the second attack took place at Ranitsi Children’s Hospital, where also four people were killed. Both the hospitals were located nearby. Apart from this, Gaza City’s only psychiatric hospital has also been destroyed in the airstrike.

More than 10 thousand people died

More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in Israeli retaliation following Hamas attacks, the Health Ministry said on Monday. This included 4,104 children, 2,641 women and 611 elderly people.