Twenty-one cancer patients crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday through the Kerem Shalomcrossing, a medical source in Egypt's El-Arish city said.
"They will be transported to the United Arab Emirates for treatment," the
source went on to add.
It is the first evacuation from Gaza since the Rafah border crossing was
closed in early May, when Israeli forces took over the Palestinian side of the
terminal.
Last weekend, after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base
Hamas and two other Palestinian militant groups said on Saturday that a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel is "closer
The United States government on Friday authorized the sale of more than $5 billion in military equipment to Egypt, which
European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela visited Mauritania in his first official mission Thursday, advancing economic and security
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