Twenty-five more Palestinians have returned to Gaza through the Rafah crossing following its long-awaited partial reopening, describing an exhausting journey through humiliating Israeli security measures, while patients in need of urgent medical treatment abroad are being transferred to the border.This comes as the Wafa news agency reported a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, on Thursday, as Israeli attacks continue despite a “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe group of 25 – the third batch to return since the heavily restricted reopening of the crossing into Egypt – entered the Strip at 3am local time (01:00 GMT), with buses delivering them to Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis more than 20 hours after they left the Egyptian city of El Arish.Hours later, 13 Palestinian patients, accompanied by family members and World Health Organization (WHO) officials, were transferred from a hospital towards the crossing for medical treatment abroad.Some of the returnees, visibly fatigued from their ordeal, told an Al Jazeera team in Gaza that they had been interrogated and insulted by Israeli forces as they passed through security controls.Footage showed emotional scenes as returning Palestinians embraced loved ones from whom they had long been separated, and registered firsthand the scenes of devastation caused by the war in their homeland.“The feeling is like being caught between happiness and sadness,” one returnee, Aicha Balaoui, t …
