(21 Dec 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafah, Egypt - 21 December 2023
1. Various of aid trucks returning back into Egypt side after delivering aid into Gaza , Rafah border seen in background
2. Various of citizens with double nationalities entering Egyptian side of Rafah border with their luggage
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iman Basal, Palestinian women with double nationality:
"Hearing some talks that there are discussions about a truce. I hope they reach an agreement and may God bless everyone. Enough people have died. There is no house without a martyr or a wounded person. There are those whose homes have been demolished. There are those whose workplaces have been burned. There are those who have lost their cars. And this is everywhere. In Gaza, in Nuseirat, in Deir al-Balah, in Khan Yunis, in Rafah."
4. Various of citizens with double nationalities entering Egyptian side of Rafah border with their luggage looking for transportation
5. Various of an old injured Palestinian woman, and old injured Palestinian man on wheelchairs
6. Wide of injured Palestinian women inside Arish hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Mansour, Director of AL-Arish hospital:
"We performed major operations in the hospital, more than 140 surgeries, including general surgery, plastic surgery, brain, nerves and bones."
8. Mid of injured little boy lying on bed inside hospital
9. Various of arrival of a Qatari aid plane to AL-Arish airport, members of Egyptian red crescent unloading aid from the plane
STORYLINE:
Some aid trucks crossed the Rafah border back into Egypt on Thursday after delivering aid into Gaza.
It came as with those who have duel-nationality status were leaving Gaza entering Egypt, and injured Palestinians were arriving.
The death toll of the Palestinians from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since Oct 7 has reached 20,000, according to a statement issued by the Hamas-run government media office on Wednesday.
The statement said the victims included about 8,000 children and 6,200 women, while more than 52,000 people were injured and 6,700 others were missing.
A total of 310 medical personnel, 35 civil defence personnel and 97 journalists were killed in the Israeli attacks, it added.
Israel’s military says 131 of its soldiers have killed in its ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people , mostly civilians , and taking about 240 hostages.
From the first of November until 20 of December, number of injured Palestinians who arrived in Egypt to receive medical treatment reached 926 injured Palestinian, who are accompanied by 770 people, with around 17142 thousand of double nationalities entered Egypt , according to Egyptian information general association.
More than two-thirds of Gaza's population of 2.3 million have fled their homes, the vast majority of them internally displaced.
AP video by Mohamed Salah
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