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Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025

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A woman carrying a child boards a bus as Palestinians, including war-wounded and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt , in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)
“On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the Rafah crossing,” said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.