Gaza, Rafah is shifting slowly. At 3pm Witkoff from Netanyahu | EUROtoday

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A bunch of Palestinian sufferers handled in Egypt are queuing on the Egyptian facet of the Rafah crossing, hoping to return to Gaza to their households. The Associated Press studies it. On Monday, on the primary day of opening of the Rafah crossing to pedestrians since 2024, solely 12 individuals – in opposition to the 50 initially introduced by the Israeli authorities – managed to return to the Strip. The Palestinian Interior Ministry stated this, whereas a report on the Qatari tv channel Al-Araby reported that “30 of the 42 Palestinians who wanted to return to the Strip were sent back to the Egyptian side.”

For those that attempt to depart the Strip, nonetheless, the scenario is barely smoother though equally cumbersome. At the top of a day of ready, Egypt obtained 50 individuals in want of medical care and 84 companions from the Gaza Strip late within the night via the Rafah crossing. This was reported by the Egyptian state broadcaster Al Qahera, specifying that they have been accompanied to a number of hospitals in northern Sinai, primarily within the metropolis of Al-Arish, the place the emergency companies and intensive care models had been positioned on most alert. This morning the crossing was reopened in each instructions to permit the return to the Strip of Palestinians stranded in Egypt and the arrival of sufferers from Gaza. Among these usually are not solely struggle wounded but in addition chronically ailing sufferers, whose circumstances have dramatically worsened because of the scarcity of medicines. A brand new group of Palestinians entered the crossing space this morning awaiting the completion of procedures and Israeli approval for his or her return to the Strip, whereas ambulances await the arrival of extra sufferers from Gaza. North Sinai Governor Khaled Megawer stated present preparations permit 50 sufferers per day to enter Egypt, with one or two companions per affected person, and that the governorate is overseeing logistical preparations for each humanitarian help supply and medical evacuations. Patients are initially rounded up on the Karem Abu Salem crossing (Kerem Shalom in Hebrew) earlier than being transferred to the Palestinian facet of Rafah after which to Egypt.

According to Gaza well being officers, round 22,000 sufferers are ready for the crossing to totally reopen.

Gaza hospitals stated Israeli forces killed a 19-year-old Palestinian within the southern city of Khan Younis.

Meanwhile, US President Steve Witkoff’s envoy will land in Israel the place he’ll meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Mossad Director David Barnea. The talks, Ynet studies, ought to start round 4pm (3pm Italian time). According to a number of sources and Israeli media studies, the assembly will concentrate on the Trump administration’s talks with Iran. Israel’s demand can be as follows: that any take care of Tehran embrace a halt to uranium enrichment, the removing of enriched uranium from the nation, limits on ballistic missile manufacturing and an finish to assist for Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. A supply informed Haaretz. If the calls for usually are not included in an settlement between the United States and Iran, Israel is predicted to assist an assault on Iran with the goal of overthrowing the Islamic Republic regime.