Sinai Peninsula
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| Area | 60000 |
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| Population | 1,400,000 |
| Did you know | In 1982, after the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel left Sinai. |
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| ID | 1000604 |
About Sinai Peninsula
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is a sparsely populated desert region between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. On its southern tip, Sharm el-Sheikh resort is a base for diving and snorkeling around the reefs of Ras Mohammed National Park. Inland, 6th-century St. Catherine's Monastery is near biblical Mount Sinai, where the 2,285m summit is renowned for its sunrise views.
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Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt fails to open for foreigners
The Exit of foreigners from Gaza via the Rafah border crossing has been halted in an apparent dispute over evacuating injured patients.
Hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped through The Crossing into Egypt in The Past few days.
But on Saturday, no foreign nationals, dual nationals or injured patients were let through, Palestinian sources said.
Hundreds of people with foreign passports went to The Border , but the gate did not open.
Sources from The Crossing authorities on the Palestinian side told The Bbc that movement of people with foreign passports is not being allowed until there is agreement on the safety of transferring injured patients.
There has been no official statement from The Authorities as yet.
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened on Wednesday to allow A Number of civilians to leave Gaza.
It was their first opportunity to do so since The War began on 7 October, when Hamas gunmen staged an unprecedented assault on southern Israel that killed More Than 1,400 people.
Since then, the Israeli military has launched a massive bombing campaign on Gaza, placed The Strip under a " complete siege" and recently launched a ground assault on the north of Gaza. The Hamas -run health ministry in Gaza says 9,488 people have been killed.
Rafah is the southernmost post of exit from Gaza and borders Egypt's Sinai Peninsula .
Mohammed Ghalayini, a British scientist from Manchester who had been in Gaza visiting family when The War began, accompanied his uncle to The Crossing earlier This Week after he was named by Gaza authorities on The List of approved evacuees.
" People are really afraid of what's going on and so if they have a chance to leave, they're trying to leave, " he told The Bbc .
" But getting to The Border is a struggle as well, because fuel supplies are short, " he added. " So you know, I saw people arriving on a donkey cart with their luggage at The Border . "
The Crossing , which has been open and shut frequently over The Years , is now also the only Crossing Point for humanitarian aid.
Israel has not allowed any fuel shipments to enter The Strip since the start of The War . It has also cut off electricity supplies, prompting calls from UN agencies for fuel supplies to be let into Gaza to power basic services.
But on Saturday, US special envoy David Satterfield told reporters that when the fuel runs out in Gaza, there is an agreed mechanism to bring more in.
On Friday, an ambulance that had been attempting to transport an injured person to the Rafah border crossing was hit outside Gaza City's biggest hospital, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Agency says 15 people were killed in The Incident .
The Israeli military said A Number of Hamas fighters had been killed and accused Hamas - which is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the US, UK and other Powers - of transferring militants and weapons in ambulances, although it has Not Yet supplied evidence of this.
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