At least 2,000 patients in need of medical evacuation have been trapped in Gaza since the Rafah border crossing was closed, said Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in Palestine.

“We need more routes for medical emergency evacuation, we would like to see Kerem Shalom [Karem Abu Salem] and other routes also opened where patients can then be referred to the referral hospitals in East Jerusalem and the West Bank,”