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Report: Some 115,000 Gazans have crossed into Egypt since start of war
Illustrative: Displaced Palestinians at a makeshift tent camp in Rafah, Gaza on the border with Egypt May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An estimated 115,000 Gazans have crossed into Egypt since October 7, despite Cairo’s repeated proclamations that it would not accept Palestinian refugees, the Washington Post reports.
The report, citing the Palestinian Authority embassy in Egypt, says that while some arrived as wounded evacuated from the fighting, many others came as “tourists.”
The report says the arrival of the tourists was facilitated by an Egyptian company called Hala Consulting and Tourism, which it described as a company linked to “state security services that charges a hefty ‘coordination’ fee to help Palestinians escape.”
The report says many of the tourists are living in limbo, having no status after their 45-day tourist visas expired.
