28 premature babies from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza have arrived at the Rafah border crossing. This was reported by the Egyptian state broadcaster al-Qahera. Meanwhile, two fuel tankers entered Gaza, bringing the total to nine.
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66 sick children, 41 of whom were suffering from various types of cancer, from hospitals in Gaza left the Rafah border crossing today to seek treatment in Turkey. Another 20 had already arrived last Friday and left for the Emirates on Saturday. This was reported by the Egyptian Red Crescent to ANSA.
Egypt – the government press office reports – has continued to receive wounded foreign citizens with dual citizenship and Egyptians through the border crossing since the start of hostilities. In total, 6,713 foreign citizens with dual citizenship and 929 Egyptians have been welcomed since hostilities began. The total number of injured people admitted to Egyptian hospitals for treatment through the Rafah border crossing since the crossing opened is 236 injured and 197 accompanying persons. At the same time – adds the Egyptian government – efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip continued. The amount of aid that arrived in Al-Arish was approximately 9,205 tons.
The Egyptian Red Crescent, the National Alliance and Hayat Karima (Dignified Living Initiative) provided the majority of this assistance. Many Arab countries also provided significant assistance, including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Morocco, Libya, Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. As for the West, a note says that the foreign countries that have provided assistance include, in addition to Italy, Turkey, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Denmark, India, Kenya, the United Kingdom, Colombia, Belgium , France, England, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greece. Poland, Romania, Switzerland and Chechnya, as well as regional and international institutions such as the World Food Program, Unicef, the World Health Organization and UNRWA, are working to rescue and resettle Palestinian refugees. A total of 158 aircraft arrived in al-Arish. The total volume of aid delivered to the Palestinians included 1,284 trucks carrying 2,146 tons of medicine and medical supplies, 238 tons of fuel, 4,668 tons of food, 4,260 tons of water, 1,169 tons of other relief goods, 78 tons of tents, plastic and 16 ambulances.