{"id":609275,"date":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/11\/02\/gaza-border-crossing-opens-to-foreign-nationals-injured-palestinians-israel-attacks-jabalia-a-second-time\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"gaza-border-crossing-opens-to-foreign-nationals-injured-palestinians-israel-attacks-jabalia-a-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/11\/02\/gaza-border-crossing-opens-to-foreign-nationals-injured-palestinians-israel-attacks-jabalia-a-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza border crossing opens to foreign nationals, injured Palestinians + Israel attacks Jabalia a second time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing yesterday for the first time since the beginning <\/strong>of the conflict on 7 October<\/strong>, allowing a limited number of foreign nationals and seriously wounded Palestinians to leave the enclave. Egyptian state broadcaster Al Qahera (watch, runtime: 5:05<\/a>) reported last night that more than 360 foreigners crossed the border yesterday as well as 45 Palestinians with serious injuries. The Palestinians are receiving medical treatment<\/a> in hospitals in North Sinai. About 6k foreigners have been stuck in Gaza since the conflict started more than three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

More to follow? <\/strong>Under the Qatar-mediated agreement to open the crossing, 500 people were permitted to leave territory yesterday. Some 1k will cross daily starting today<\/strong>, according to the Financial Times<\/a>, citing four people it says have knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n

A plea for Egypt to take in more:<\/strong> A spokesperson for the Gaza Health Ministry said Egypt has agreed to treat 81 Palestinians but said that hundreds of thousands need to leave the territory (watch, runtime: 6:25<\/a>). The Gaza Health Ministry is selecting the most \u201cdangerous and complex cases\u201d to send to Egypt as there is no way to treat them in the strip. <\/p>\n

Egypt is not taking in refugees: <\/strong>Egypt has vehemently rejected plans advanced by a number of Israeli officials to forcibly displace Gaza\u2019s 2.3 mn population into the Sinai. In the government\u2019s strongest statement yet, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly raised the prospect of a military confrontation<\/a> with Israel if it tried to drive Gaza\u2019s refugees across the border. The Israeli military has displaced an estimated 1.4 mn people over the past 25 days.<\/p>\n

Time for plan B?<\/strong> A day after leaked Israeli proposals to resettle Palestinians in Egypt made global headlines, Bloomberg<\/a> published an article detailing other post-war plans being discussed by Israeli and US officials. The two allies have discussed putting together a multinational force involving US troops on the ground should Israel defeat Hamas, as well as the idea of installing a UN administration, according to people the news outlet says have knowledge of the matter. The White House has distanced itself from the narrative, with spokesperson John Kirby saying<\/a> that the US has no plans to place its troops in Gaza now or in the future. <\/p>\n

Other proposals floated by former US policymakers <\/strong>imagine making Gaza the Arab world\u2019s responsibility<\/a><\/strong>, with suggestions that Egypt, Morocco and the UAE could provide public security services on the ground \u201cfor a new civil administration\u201d while Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Qatar provide reconstruction funding.<\/p>\n

ON THE GROUND-<\/strong><\/p>\n

A second attack on Jabalia: <\/strong>The Israeli military launched its second assault<\/a> on the Jabalia refugee camp in as many days yesterday in an attack they claimed killed another Hamas commander, according to Reuters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

More than 1k casualties: <\/strong>The two attacks on the city\u2019s largest refugee camp killed at least 195 Palestinians and injured 777 others, while 120 are still missing under the rubble, Reuters<\/a> writes, citing figures from local officials. The death toll from Tuesday\u2019s airstrikes w<\/a>as put at<\/a>133<\/a> earlier in the day by the medical director of the Indonesian hospital, where the victims are being treated.<\/p>\n

Global outrage over the attacks continued yesterday<\/strong>, with Jordan pulling its ambassador from Israel and the UN suggesting the IDF may have committed a war crime.<\/p>\n