CAIRO – 16 May 2021: In solidarity with the Palestinian people against the ongoing Israeli aggression, Egypt opened on Sunday the Egyptian-Palestinian Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, exceptionally, to receive the injured Palestinians from the strip. The Egyptian Red Crescent office in North Sinai stated on Sunday that they are ready at the crossing to receive the injured at any time, assuring that they are working around the clock. Omar Mohamed, director of the Egyptian Red Crescent in North Sinai, told Youm7 that the office provides vehicles for doctors to facilitate their movement to the hospitals. Three days ago, Egypt declared the state of readiness in three hospitals in a number of hospitals to treat the injured Palestinians who were wounded by the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. Shelling and airstrikes by the Israeli army against Gaza Strip since May 10 incurred 145 deaths, and 1,100 injuries, including 38 serious ones.

Source: Egypt Today May 16, 2021 13:52 UTC