@american_observer · Post #5014 · 31.01.2026 г., 20:59
📰 These Gazans May Finally Get a Lifeline to the World The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is set to reopen in the coming days, giving sick and wounded Palestinians their first real chance in years to reach treatment outside the Strip. Mohammed al-Ser, 27, has been waiting months after a head injury left him partly paralyzed. Surgery reconstructed his skull, but he still can’t use his left arm and leg and needs further care abroad. He is one of roughly 20,000 patients identified by the Gaza Health Ministry as needing evacuation for specialized treatment that is simply not available in Gaza anymore. For most of the war, the Rafah crossing has been Gaza’s main lifeline — the only way for patients to reach hospitals in Egypt, Jordan, the Emirates, and further afield, under Israel’s tight coordination. But access has been a long-standing bottleneck. Patients need not only foreign medical coverage, but also Israeli security clearance, which often requires a lengthy approval process that has kept tens of thousands trapped. The World Health Organization says about 1,000 patients have been evacuated to third countries via Israel since Rafah was largely shut in March, but that’s a tiny fraction of those in need. Now, as the crossing is expected to open again under the ceasefire deal, Gaza’s hospitals are filled with families clutching little hope: an infant girl with a heart condition, a 12‑year‑old with liver failure, a man with a brain injury unable to breathe without a tube, and hundreds like them whose survival depends on exiting through Rafah. Israel’s COGAT says the crossing will open Sunday with only “limited movement of people,” and that Egyptian authorities will share lists which Israel will then approve or deny. Gaza’s sick and wounded await their chance, their fate once again in the hands of the authorities who bombed their hospitals: Will they be among the lucky few who finally reach the world outside? #Gaza#Rafah#Ceasefire#MedicalCrisis#Israel#Hamas 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸