Live updates,

A young Palestinian is ushered as he waits in the grounds of the Red Crescent Hospital to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt for treatment abroad, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026.

Video Duration 02 minutes 33 seconds

02:33

Gaza’s Rafah crossing reopening came too late for this 3-year-old

Published On 2 Feb 2026

  • Thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians are eagerly waiting to leave for urgent medical care abroad as Israel opens the Rafah border with Egypt for “limited” transfers.
  • The Rafah crossing – after being closed by Israel for nearly two years – will reportedly operate for six hours a day and allow the exit of only 150 people, with 50 individuals greenlighted to enter Gaza.