The Rafah entry point is supposed to allow Palestinians to leave the war-torn enclave for Egypt
The main Gaza border crossing at Rafah reopened for a select few Palestinians on Monday.
Although Gaza’s Health Ministry says some 20,000 people urgently need medical evacuation, the war-ravaged enclave’s main gateway has been largely shut for almost two years. The Israeli army only allowed five out of 22,000 patients to pass on Monday, according to RT sources.
In a statement to RT, the director of one of Gaza’s hospitals, Mohamed Abou Salmiah, claimed that these numbers show that “Israel is practicing a collective punishment that threatens thousands…
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