Palestinians evacuated from Sudan arrive at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Gaza, April 28, (Xinhua) -- About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.
The batch, mostly students, arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt, the ministry's spokesperson Iyad al-Bozzom said in a statement.
Al-Bozzom thanked the Egyptian authorities for an exceptional move to open the Rafah crossing to facilitate the home return.
Early on Thursday, several buses carrying Palestinians from Khartoum, Sudan's capital, arrived in Egypt, the Palestinian embassy in Cario has said.
A growing number of countries have evacuated citizens from Sudan since fierce clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in mid-April.
At least 459 people have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded so far in the fighting in Sudan, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced, according to WHO and UNHCR estimates. ■
A Palestinian evacuated from Sudan is welcomed by his relatives at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
A Palestinian evacuated from Sudan is welcomed by his relatives at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
Palestinians evacuated from Sudan arrive at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
A Palestinian evacuated from Sudan is welcomed by his relatives at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
A Palestinian evacuated from Sudan is welcomed by his relatives at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Palestinians evacuated from Sudan arrive at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
A Palestinian evacuated from Sudan is welcomed by his relatives at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 28, 2023. About 180 Palestinians who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt arrived in the coastal enclave late on Friday, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)
