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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/world/middleeast/gaza-medical-evacuation-children.html
Egypt Opens Gaza Border for 19 Sick Palestinian Children
(New York Times) Aaron Boxerman - Israel and Egypt agreed to allow at least 19 sick children, most of them cancer patients, and their escorts, to leave Gaza for medical treatment on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. It was the first major evacuation of critically ill Gazans since Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing in early May. After Israeli forces captured the Rafah crossing with Egypt, Egypt shuttered its side of the gateway in protest. The children allowed to leave were taken into Israeli territory through the Kerem Shalom border point, before being brought to Egypt.