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That’s not quite what’s happening tbh - Egypt with Qatar and Israel, Hamas and the US have agreed to a limited evacuation of some of the most critically sick and injured - I don’t know what else they are supposed to do at the moment with these poor people - do you? - most of them are critically injured and because of the blockade , the hospitals have all but run out of fuel and supplies, or are completely unsafe/inaccessible because they are in the midst of the battle zone - they also don’t have the specialist care some of these patients need - the only way these injured and sick Palestinians will get lifesaving medical treatment is to get them out of Gaza into Egypt via ambulance and get them to hospitals in North Sinai who are properly equipped to treat them. Horrendous for doctors having to choose who gets to go and who doesn’t because the numbers being allowed through are strictly limited - for some, staying will almost certainly be a death sentence..Israel's idea of a two state solution currently appears to consist of funnelling off the Palestinian population of Gaza into the Sinai Peninsula - irrespective of any views Egypt may have on the matter
Most of the people going through are foreign nationals - Israel’s main ‘evacuation’ plan is to enforce an evacuation of over a million people from North to South Gaza - many of whom won‘t leave for fear of being shelled while on the road or are simply too weak or sick to go, with medical staff insisting on staying with their patients. Or even more tragically- they feel there is literally no where safe for them to go to in the whole of Gaza - and after the past few weeks, that is hard to argue against.
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza doctor says he has dozens more patients who need to cross into Egypt
Dr Youssuf Al Akkad, from the Gaza European Hospital, had the difficult job of selecting 18 of his most seriously ill patients to make the crossing. He said his facility was in danger of running out of fuel supplies in a matter of days.
news.sky.com
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
Palestinians began a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory.
apnews.com
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