The first British citizens have escaped Gaza as the Rafah crossing opened for the first time since the start of the war, but many more have been turned away in chaotic scenes where desperate families begged border guards to be allowed to cross to safety.
Under heavy bombardment, families scrambled to the Rafah Crossing – some on donkey carts – after Egypt started to let through a limited number of foreign citizens and critically injured for the first time since Israel launched a ferocious bombing campaign on 7 October.
