Dozens of people enters Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday

Dozens of people entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday, as per media reports. It is the first time foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave the besieged territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war more than three weeks ago. Egyptian state-run media reported that more than 80 wounded Palestinians would be brought from Gaza to Egypt for medical treatment.  The Palestinian crossing authority said more than 400 foreign passport holders would be permitted to leave Gaza on Wednesday.

Communications and internet services were gradually being restored after the second major cut in five days, according to Paltel, the main service provider. Paltel said in an announcement on social media that fixed line and cellular services and the internet were beginning



to return in various areas across Gaza. Humanitarian aid agencies have warned that such blackouts severely disrupt their work in an already dire situation in Gaza.

The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 8,525, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.

 

More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them civilians slain in the initial 7th of October Hamas attack that ignited the war. Around 240 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by the Hamas terrorists. 

The Israeli military said 240 people had been taken hostage during the Hamas attack. Out of these, four have been released while one female soldier has been rescued, it added.