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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to be reopened to allow humanitarian supplies, after the Israeli army captured the Palestinian side of the crossing earlier this month.
Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for the West Bank and Gaza, said on Wednesday that 60 WHO trucks are stationed in the Egyptian town of Al Arish, about 45 kilometers from Rafah, ready to enter the enclave.
Peeperkorn said there are thousands of people believed to need urgent transport from Gaza for medical treatment.
On Monday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said the military had discovered tunnels leading into Egypt's Sinai along the Philadelphi Corridor, a 14-kilometer-long and 100-meter-wide strip of land on the border between Gaza and Egypt. .
The WHO has reiterated that health facilities in Gaza are facing severe shortages of essential supplies. The agency said medicines and specialized care needed to treat burns have been inaccessible in Gaza since the closure of the Rafah crossing.
" You can only do so much in Gaza. And when it comes to really extensive burns, etc., there is currently no place in Gaza where it can be treated ," Peeperkorn said.
An Israeli attack and subsequent fire late Sunday that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah left at least 45 dead and more than 200 others injured.
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