Egypt to receive injured Palestinians via Rafah crossing today

Egypt will be opening the Rafah crossing on Wednesday to allow wounded Palestinians to be treated in Egyptian hospitals in the Sinai Peninsula for the first time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

Egypt had agreed to let in 81 of the most badly wounded through Rafah, the only crossing not controlled by Israel, Egyptian medical and security sources, as well as a Palestinian border official, said on Tuesday.

The medical official added that a field hospital with an area of 1,300 square metres would be built to receive the wounded Palestinians in the city of Sheikh Zuweid in northern Sinai, about 15 kilometres from Rafah.

According to previous statements by the governorate’s health officials, nearly 150 ambulances are ready to transport patients and there are plans to set up a medical triage tent at the crossing.