Hospitals and medics in Egypt are making preparations to treat wounded Palestinians from Gaza once the border reopens in the coming days.
At least 15 ambulances were seen lined up and waiting Tuesday on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing. In the meantime there are tents, hygiene products and medicine being sent into Gaza, said Ahmed Abdullah, the emergency coordinator in Rafah for Egypt’s Red Crescent aid group.
Before the Rafah crossing was captured by Israel and closed last spring, around 800 Palestinian patients from Gaza were treated at hospitals just across the border in North Sinai, according to Gov. Khaled Megawer. Some of those patients were able to travel abroad for care, he said.
If the coming influx of patients proves too great, he said, they can be transferred to hospitals in Cairo or other parts of Egypt.