Passport Holders Stuck in Rafah

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed

Dozens of Egyptian passport and ID holders have been stuck in the Gaza Strip for weeks, increasingly desperate for the opportunity to leave the besieged territory and escape the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Since the war broke out, many Egyptians desperate to escape Israel’s incessant bombing have left their homes in Gaza and camped around the black metal gate on its southern frontier.
Some have been sleeping on chairs outside the crossing terminal, hoping for the chance to be able to return to their homeland.
Israel has been continuing its aerial bombing across Gaza as part of one of the most devastating military campaigns in recent history.
The war erupted after Hamas killed some 1,200 people and seized around 240 captives in the surprise Oct. 7 attack.
More than 20,900 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children, have since been killed, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants among the dead.