First foreigners, wounded allowed to flee Gaza

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 02, 2023 12:22 am

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories: Hundreds of wounded Gaza residents and foreigners streamed into the border crossing with Egypt Wednesday, the first people set to escape the shattered Palestinian territory in more than three weeks of devastating war with Israel.

AFP images showed whole families carrying their belongings and several injured people in wheelchairs as well as ambulances entering the heavily fortified gates at the Rafah border crossing — the only one not controlled by Israel.

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