"Like those who have previously made the journey, the returnees described being subjected to humiliating searches and interrogations by the Israeli military, which controls the Palestinian side of the key crossing point. The Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt the only way in or out of the enclave for nearly all of Gaza's more than two million residents was kept shut by Israeli authorities for most of its genocidal war and only partially reopened on February 2."
"With its reopening, a key condition of the United States-brokered ceasefire deal intended to end the war, Israel is allowing a limited number of pre-approved and heavily vetted people to travel, allowing Palestinians who had left during the war and been stranded outside to return, and enabling the transfer of patients desperately needing medical treatment in other countries. With the latest arrivals, 172 Palestinians have returned to the Gaza Strip since the crossing's reopening."
Forty-one Palestinians arrived in Gaza via the Rafah crossing on World Health Organization buses and were taken to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. Returnees reported humiliating searches and interrogations by the Israeli military, which controls the Palestinian side of the crossing. The Rafah crossing, the primary entry and exit for most of Gaza's population, was closed for most of the war and only partially reopened on February 2 under a United States-brokered ceasefire deal. Israel is permitting a limited number of pre-approved, heavily vetted people to travel, enabling some returns and medical transfers. Since reopening, 172 people have returned while roughly 250 people requiring medical treatment and companions have left, far below the ceasefire's promised evacuation pace.
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