CAIRO- 25 December 2023: Rafah border crossing has received 44 wounded Palestinians and their escorts coming from hospitals in the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in Egypt, a reliable medical source said Monday.
Ambulances rushed the injured to hospitals in Arish, Ismailia and Suez governorates, the source added.
Meanwhile, several humanitarian aid trucks sent by Egypt and other countries and organizations have crossed into the Gaza Strip through Rafah checkpoint.
On Saturday, Six fuel trucks had arrived in the Gaza Strip, and 250 holders of dual nationalities had arrived at the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side, on Saturday, reported Al Qahera News.
The Israeli occupation continues its intense and unprecedented aggression against the Gaza Strip, by air, land and sea, since October 7, 2023, killing more than 20,000 people, including 8,000 children. It also injured 53,000 others.
Additionally, there are still 6,700 missing people under the rubble, in addition to the destruction of 70% of the residential units in the strip.
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding immediate, safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.
The UNSC resolution on Gaza was adopted with 13 votes in favor, and the US and Russia abstaining.
Egypt's representative to the Security Council, Ambassador Osama Abdel Khaleq said that what is happening in Gaza is a horrific humanitarian catastrophe
He added that although Egypt has been sharing food, medicine and clothing with the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, the sector is suffering from a horrific humanitarian crisis that has not occurred since the World War.
In his speech. Palestine’s representative to the Security Council, Riyad Mansou that the Arab group worked for humanitarian goals in Gaza and we trust Egypt’s capabilities to bring aid into Gaza. He added that Egypt took a leadership role in the negotiations regarding Gaza.
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