A Valencian doctor, among those who have managed to leave for Egypt

2023-11-02 15:19:25

A Valencian doctor is among the group of foreigners who managed to leave the Gaza Strip yesterday towards Egypt through the Rafah Pass. This is the anesthetist Raúl Incertis, 40 years old, who works for Doctors Without Borders and who He was part of a group of 22 members of that NGO who had moved to the south of the strip to be able to leave through Rafah.as sources from humanitarian organizations in the area explained to Efe.

Diplomatic sources have explained that Spain continues working to achieve the departure of more Spaniards through the Rafah crossing, through which the Ministry of the Interior Gaza yesterday allowed the departure of foreigners of various nationalities from the Stripe, under the control of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Refugee in Gaza

The General Agency for Crossings and Borders in Gaza, dependent on the Ministry, published a list of about 500 people, which includes both Palestinians with foreign passports and citizens of other countries, with nationalities such as Japanese, Austrians and Bulgarians, as well as workers from organizations international organizations such as Doctors Without Borders Spain and France.

Among them was Raúl Uncertainwho had been taking refuge for days in a United Nations complex in Gaza, once both his organization and others had to stop working after running out of any type of material.

On the 18th, in conversation with EFE, the Valencian anesthetist claimed to be “totally broken” and warned: “Epidemics are going to start to appear; dehydration is going to start to appear; the fight for food is going to start to appear and In fact, it has already appeared.

Several people prepare to leave the Gaza Strip towards Egypt through the Rafah crossing in the south of the Strip on November 1, 2023. EP

“I have a feeling like an internal fracture. “I had some hope in something called humanity, but I am surprised that this is happening in the eyes of the international community,” he said of the siege imposed by Israel.

Rafah Pass

The Rafah crossing, bordering Egypt, will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, to complete the exit operation of people with foreign passports from the Strip,announced the General Authority of Crossings and Borders of Gaza.

According to data from the official spokesman for the Rafah crossing, at least 76 injured and 335 Palestinians with foreign passports and citizens of other countries left for Egypt this Wednesday.

EFE was able to verify the departure from Gaza of several batches of people with foreign passports and ambulances with wounded people.

This was the first time that the Rafah crossing was opened for the march of wounded and foreigners from Gaza since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Strip, on October 7.