"Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing, Palestinian officials have said. The Israeli military said it fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously injured a reservist. The strikes targeted Gaza City and the southern city of Khan Younis."
"The Red Crescent said patients had arrived at a hospital in Khan Younis in preparation for crossing Rafah for treatment, only to be informed that Israel had postponed the evacuations. They called the patients and said today there is no travel at all, the crossing is closed, Raja'a Abu Teir, a Palestinian patient who was expecting to be evacuated,said at the hospital, where several patients were waiting in ambulances."
"The Israeli military agency that controls access to Gaza, Cogat, said on Wednesday that the Rafah crossing remained open, but it had not received the necessary coordination details from the World Health Organization to facilitate the crossing. The WHO did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reopening the crossing was one of the requirements under the October ceasefire that set out the first phase of US president Donald Trump's plan to stop fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants."
Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed 18 people, including four children, with strikes reported in Gaza City and Khan Younis. The Israeli military said it fired after a gunman shot at soldiers and seriously injured a reservist. Israeli authorities halted patient evacuations through the Rafah border crossing two days after it reopened, leaving patients waiting in ambulances. The Red Crescent reported that evacuations were postponed and patients were told the crossing was closed. COGAT said the crossing remained open but lacked coordination details from the World Health Organization to facilitate crossings. Sixteen patients and 40 escorts crossed into Egypt on Tuesday, and Hamas police said at least 40 people crossed from Egypt to Gaza late on Tuesday. Reopening Rafah was a requirement under the October ceasefire as part of a phased plan to halt fighting and begin negotiations on Gaza's governance and reconstruction.
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