The director of the State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, who acts as spokesperson for the Egyptian Government, assured today that 134 Palestinians returned yesterday, Friday, to the Gaza Strip through the passage of Rafah on the first day of the truce and for the first time since the start of the war.
“They returned to the Gaza Strip a group of Palestinians stranded in Egyptaccording to his wish, and whose number reached 134 Palestinians“, said Rashwan it’s a statement.
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Yesterday was the first day that Egypt opened the way Rafah for the voluntary return of Palestinians who had been stranded in Egypt since October 7, when the Islamist group Hamas launched a brutal attack against Israeli territory that triggered the current war, in which Israel indiscriminately bombs the Gaza Strip.
People carry empty gas canisters to fill them with cooking gas from a tank that entered the Palestinian enclave through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, November 25, 2023. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
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Starting today, the Palestinians who stayed in Cairo and other Egyptian provinces will be able to return to Gaza, since yesterday only those who were in northern Sinai, bordering the Palestinian enclave, were allowed.
Today is the second day of the temporary truce mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States between Israel and Hamasin which the agreed exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners will continue.
A total of 13 Israeli hostages were released yesterday as part of the truce, as well as 10 Thais and one Filipino under another parallel agreement.
After the release of the hostages, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners, including women and children.
