It is the most anticipated moment for those dying trapped inside the Gaza Strip for more than three weeks. This Wednesday several batches of Palestinians with foreign passports left from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, including two Spaniards. But not only that, Palestinians who are seriously injured They have also been transferred to Egypt.

On Wednesday morning, the Rafah crossing, the only entrance and exit to the Palestinian territory under siege that is not in the hands of Israel, opened its doors for dozens of ambulances to enter to remove the wounded and treat them in Egyptian hospitals. Shortly after, the Egyptian Government confirmed that will receive 81 seriously injured, of which at least 40 have crossed already to the border and have been admitted to hospitals in northern Sinai.

An Egyptian doctor assures that “they are people who require medical treatment “advanced surgery or major operations.” Injuries who cannot be treated in Gazan hospitals due to lack of supply and because they are in danger of die under bombs.

Meanwhile, this long-awaited opening will allow the departure of about 500 people, according to Gazan authorities. The first to achieve it count with another nationality besides Palestinian or directly with passport foreign. The Spanish agency Efe was able to verify the departure from Gaza, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, of several groups of foreigners through the crossing.

Palestinians with US passports have received an email from their country’s Embassy indicating that among the next They would be evacuated from Gaza to Egypt in 24 and 72 hours. The British Embassy has also contacted Palestinians in the Strip with UK nationality to inform them that they would be removed from the enclave between the next 27 and 36 hours.

Two Spaniards, among the evacuees

The General Agency for Crossing and Borders in Gaza, dependent on the Hamas Ministry of the Interior, published on its website from Facebook a list of about 500 peoplewhich includes both Palestinians with foreign passports and citizens of other countries, who have been given authorization to leave the Strip. There are two Spaniards on that list.: a worker from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and another from the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process (UNSCO).

Other nationalities mentioned in that list They are Japanese, Austrian, Czech and Bulgarianamong whom there are Palestinians with dual nationality and citizens of those countries. There are also employees of international organizations such as MSF, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and UN agencies such as the Palestinian Refugees Agency (UNRWA).

On the list It is not specified who has a US passport.although this is one of the largest groups within the Gaza Strip, since many of those who appear on this list are named as Palestinians with another passport or as “internationals.”

The departure of Palestinians with foreign passports and people from other countries through the Rafah crossing It is the result of an agreement between Egypt, Hamas and Israel, under the mediation of Qatar, sources familiar with the negotiations confirmed to Efe.