The border in Egypt says hundreds of beds prepared for injured Palestinians are empty. The constant closure of the Rafah crossing shows that no one can leave Gaza.

The Gaza hospital system keeps collapsing amidst Israeli bombardment, according to the recent count from Gaza’s Health Ministry more than 21,000 are injured. Patients are treated while some are operated on the corridors and floors without anesthesia and other necessary supplies.

The Egyptian government clearly stated that large numbers of Palestinian refugees will not be accepted from Gaza, but has, however, ordered hospitals in northern Sinai and elsewhere to prepare to take in wounded patients from the enclave.

The Head of Egypt’s State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan said; “This border is open to take in any injured” at a conference in front of the Rafah crossing on Tuesday, 31 October 2023. The World Health Organization has inspected “all the hospitals and medical facilities” but that “the occupying forces prevent the crossing from the Palestinian side.”

Hamas, Egypt, Israel and the United States have given different explanations for why no one has been able to cross from Gaza to Egypt since the war began even civilians with previous injuries.

Jake Sullivan, United States National Security Adviser said on Sunday, 29 October 2023, that Hamas was preventing people from leaving unless certain conditions were met, but the conditions were not specified. Egypt has blamed Israel for not providing guarantees that it will not bomb the crossing or its vicinity if people try to leave.

The Hamas border authority said late Tuesday, 31 October 2023 that Egypt had agreed to take in 81 injured people from Gaza on Wednesday, 1 November 2023. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or Washington.

More so, in Arish, a city some 30 miles from the Gaza border, health authorities are preparing to receive patients at the main hospital.

Furthermore, a makeshift hospital is also being set up in the Bedouin city of Sheikh Zuweid in northern Sinai to accommodate 300 patients to start, and maybe more later. One hundred and fifty ambulances stand ready to transport Palestinian patients to health facilities in Sinai.

The Turkish ambassador to Cairo toured northern Sinai and pledged that his country would open its field hospital to assist in the effort.

The Assistant Secretary General of the Egyptian Doctors syndicate said over 2,000 Egyptian health workers have registered to treat injured Khaled Amin, Gazans. Thousands more have expressed interest in volunteering, he said, including surgeons, pharmacists, and gynecology and obstetrics specialists.

“People truly want to help.”  They “are telling us just open the road for us and we will cross over. We won’t hold any entity accountable for our safety, not even Israel.” Amin said.

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According to Gaza Health Ministry, more than 8,500 people have been killed since the start of the war, including 3,324 children; 21,543 people have been injured.

Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said Sunday 29 October 2023 that 12 hospitals and 32 primary care centers are out of service because of lack of power or damage from Israeli strikes.

On Tuesday, 31 October 2023, Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, said it had less than 24 hours’ worth of fuel to power its generators.