Wounded from Gaza Get Emergency Care in Egypt
169 views · Published 12 January 2009 · 2:04 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Since Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza, Egypt has taken in some wounded Palestinians through the border crossing at Rafah. There have been increasing calls on Egypt to ease the border bottleneck, but Egypt's government has been reluctant to keep the border open while Hamas controls the Gaza Strip. Cairo wants the forces of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to be in charge of the crossing. Jessica Desvarieux went to the crossing earlier this week and filed a report on the scene there.
