Gazans begin crossing to Egypt for treatment after partial Rafah reopening

2026-02-03 - 07:26

A Palestinians child waves from the window of a bus evacuating war-wounded and patients, accompanied by relatives, as they ready to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, the day after it was opened by Israel for a limited number of people, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Gaza's key Rafah border crossing reopened to Palestinians on February 2, an Israeli security official said, though Egyptian state-linked media said only 50 people would be allowed to cross in each direction in the early days.