The children are the first in what is meant to be regular evacuations of Palestinians through the crossing for treatment abroad.
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00:00Around 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began crossing into Egypt for treatment through
00:06Gaza's Rafah crossing on Saturday, the first opening of the border since Israel captured
00:11it nearly nine months ago.
00:14Israel agreed to reopen the crossing following Hamas' release of the last living female hostages
00:19in Gaza.
00:20Egyptian television showed a Palestinian Red Cross ambulance pulling up to the crossing
00:25gate just as the child was brought out on a stretcher and transferred to ambulances
00:30on the Egyptian side.