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Egypt allocates EGP 35bn for Sinai public investments over two years

Daily News Egypt 25 Apr 2026
In the healthcare sector, he pointed to significant upgrades to hospitals and primary care units, specifically naming the New Rafah Hospital, alongside hospitals in Al-Arish General, Sheikh Zuweid, Baghdad, and Bir Al-Abd.
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Warnings grow over worsening conditions for Gaza patients after Rafah closure

PIC 24 Apr 2026
Health officials are warning of serious risks to patients in Gaza following the repeated closure of the Rafah crossing, which has halted medical evacuations and left thousands without access to urgent treatment abroad.
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Hamas says Israel tightening “engineered starvation” in Gaza by closing Rafah crossing

Middle East Monitor 22 Apr 2026
... the number of travellers through the Rafah crossing. In a video statement on Monday, Qassem said the Rafah crossing had been closed while severe restrictions on aid deliveries remain in place.
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Hamas: Israel continues “engineered starvation” in Gaza through Rafah crossing closure

PIC 21 Apr 2026
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Israel continues to tighten its blockade on the Gaza Strip by closing crossings and controlling the entry of aid and the number of travelers through the Rafah crossing.
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114 Palestinians return to Gaza through Rafah border crossing

Middle East Monitor 20 Apr 2026
A total of 114 Palestinians returned to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and reunited with their families in the besieged enclave, Anadolu reports ... The Rafah crossing, Gaza’s ...
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Israel closes Rafah crossing, halting Gaza medical evacuations: Palestinian authority

China.dot.org 20 Apr 2026
GAZA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Border and Crossing Authority in Gaza said Monday that Israel closed the Rafah crossing with Egypt, halting the evacuation of patients and wounded people seeking medical treatment abroad ... 2 ... Enditem .
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PRCS: Only 700 Gaza patients evacuated since Rafah crossing reopened

PIC 20 Apr 2026
GAZA, (PIC). The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that only about 700 patients from Gaza have been evacuated for medical treatment abroad since the Rafah border crossing was limitedly reopened in February ... ....
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Egyptian Red Crescent Receives 36th Batch of Injured Palestinians at Rafah

Egyptian Streets 19 Apr 2026
The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said it received on Sunday 19 April the 36th group of wounded and ill Palestinians via the Rafah border crossing, providing services to facilitate the movement of patients and their companions.
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Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in northern Rafah

Petra 18 Apr 2026
... of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials.
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Gaza Civil Defense calls for clarifying trapped victims fate in Rafah

PIC 16 Apr 2026
The directorate explained that it receives daily appeals from families in Rafah seeking information about the fate of their relatives’ bodies, which remain beneath the debris of homes destroyed during the Israeli military incursion into the area.
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Rafah terminal receives new batch of Palestinian returnees

Egypt Independent 12 Apr 2026
A new group of Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip arrived on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at Rafah land crossing in preparation for their return to the ...
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Evacuations of wounded Palestinians resume through Rafah crossing after WHO pause

China.dot.org 12 Apr 2026
They were transported by ambulance from the Medical Rehabilitation Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza to Rafah for onward travel abroad for treatment ... via Rafah were halted until further notice.
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Medical evacuations resume from Gaza via Rafah crossing after reopening

PNN 12 Apr 2026
The group was transported by Red Crescent ambulances from the organisation’s rehabilitation hospital in Khan Younis to the Rafah crossing, in preparation for travel abroad to receive medical treatment.
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Health ministry: Over 21,000 Gaza patients await treatment abroad as Israel blocks travel

PIC 12 Apr 2026
GAZA, (PIC). The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that more than 21,000 patients in Gaza are awaiting urgent treatment abroad, accusing Israel of blocking their travel and worsening the health crisis in the Strip ... Patient figures ... ....
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