"After two years of utter devastation, being able to return to their families and what remains of their homes in safety and dignity is the bare minimum," Ajith Sunghay, the agency's human rights chief for the occupied Palestinian territories, said in a statement. Inside Gaza, however, organizers with the World Health Organization were able to arrange transportation for only 12 people that day, so other patients stayed behind, according to a person briefed on the operations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Then they said that since only 12 people had left Gaza, only 12 could enter, leaving the rest to wait on the Egyptian side of the border overnight, according to the person briefed on the operations.
Author: Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press, Adam Geller, Associated Press, Noha Elhennawy, Associated Press
Published at: 2026-02-07 19:45:06
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