{"id":56412,"date":"2026-02-03T09:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/five-gazan-patients-evacuated-via-newly-opened-rafah-crossing-in-first-since-2025\/03\/02\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:24:26","slug":"five-gazan-patients-evacuated-via-newly-opened-rafah-crossing-in-first-since-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/five-gazan-patients-evacuated-via-newly-opened-rafah-crossing-in-first-since-2025\/03\/02\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the Rafah crossing,&#8221; said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/huckabee-says-us-share-medical-024429646.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:World Health Organization;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World Health Organization<\/a> official said on Tuesday that the first five patients were transferred through Gaza&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/rafah-border-fully-reopens-security-114936294.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rafah crossing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rafah crossing<\/a> with Egypt, which reopened on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/rafah-border-crossing-reopens-first-082149980.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Egypt via the Rafah;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Egypt via the Rafah<\/a> crossing,&#8221; said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was the first medical evacuation through this route since sometime in 2025,&#8221; he said referring to a limited number of evacuations during an early 2025 ceasefire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Palestinians coming from the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026. (credit: REUTERS\/Mahmoud Issa)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Thousands of Gaza patients await evacuation after war<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over 18,500 patients are awaiting evacuations after the two-year war, he said, with trauma injuries from the war as well as chronic conditions such as cancer and diabetes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/school-kits-delivered-gaza-more-135751651.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNICEF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UNICEF<\/a> spokesperson said that more than 3,000 of them were children. Gaza health authorities are choosing whom to prioritise among the sick and wounded, Lindmeier said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We know that patients have died basically waiting for evacuation, and that&#8217;s something which is horrible when you know just a few miles or kilometers outside that border, help is available,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/five-gazan-patients-evacuated-via-133640149.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/five-gazan-patients-evacuated-via-newly-opened-rafah-crossing-in-first-since-2025\/03\/02\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/b309ed05d712087c890cef5fa0fc5022","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}