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A Bullet Shattered Her Knee. Now a Gaza Teen's Chances of Walking Depend on Rafah Border Crossing
More than 20,000 Palestinians await medical evacuation; Gaza hospitals lack capacity for complex surgeries, increasing reliance on the Rafah crossing for urgent treatment abroad.
- Her father, Sarhan Abu Lehia, says her life depends on the Rafah crossing opening, which Israel announced would happen Sunday, but limited movement remains in effect.
- Wounded five months ago, Rimas Abu Lehia was shot by Israeli troops amid crowds mobbing aid trucks, and Nasser Hospital could not repair her knee amid Gaza's decimated health sector.
- More than 20,000 Palestinians await evacuation, including 4,500 children, while about 440 have life‑threatening conditions and over 1,200 died waiting, the Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday.
- The military coordination body warned Friday that movement would be limited, with families waiting at crossings and evacuations taking 130 to 400 days despite daily patient limits.
- Five human rights groups have petitioned Israel's High Court to remove transfer bans, and the Jerusalem District Court allowed one cancer patient to travel on Jan. 11 after a Gisha petition, while a U.N. official said many countries are reluctant to accept evacuees without return guarantees.
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A bullet shattered her knee. Now a Gaza teen's chances of walking depend on Rafah border crossing
Sick and wounded patients in Gaza desperate for medical evacuation have pinned their hopes on the promised reopening of the enclave's Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
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More than 20,000 Palestinians, including 4,500 children, are awaiting medical evacuation. Among them is 15-year-old Rimas Abu Lehia, who was seriously injured five months ago in the Gaza Strip when Israeli soldiers opened fire on a crowd gathered around an aid truck seeking food. A bullet shattered her left knee, confining her to a wheelchair. Her only hope of walking again is surgery abroad. Rimas is on a waiting list with more than 20 others.
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