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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Rafah crossing open to people for limited evacuation from Gaza

People at a terminal at the Rafah border crossing
The opening of the border crossing follows international pressure on humanitarian grounds. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning.

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of injured Palestinian people requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport holders.

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