Egypt receives another group of critically injured Palestinians, including children with cancer

CAIRO – 7 November 2023: A group of critically injured Palestinians have been transported to Egypt for receiving medical treatment on Monday, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Health in a statement.

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that a medical examination was conducted on all 17 cases, and they were accurately diagnosed.

Also, medical examinations were conducted for 166 foreign nationals, including 42 children, who were vaccinated with polio, measles, and mumps vaccines.

Meanwhile, Egyptian hospitals had begun receiving cases of children with cancer from the Gaza Strip, Al Qahera news reported.

On 5 November 2023, Egypt refuses to allow the evacuation of dual nationals through Rafah Border Crossing in response to Israel’s rejection of the transfer of a number of the injured from Palestinian hospitals to Egyptian counterparts, Al Qahera News.

Another batch of Palestinians holding other nationalities, consisting of 400, arrived at Egypt’s Rafah Border Crossing Thursday one day after the entry of 335, as reported by Extra News.