Gaza health ministry says ICRC or Egypt must ensure safe passage out for wounded

The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or Egypt on Sunday to ensure the safe exit of the wounded from the enclave.

"We call on the ICRC to provide a safe passage for the wounded, accompany them and ensure their safe arrival to the Rafah land crossing until they are discharged to hospitals in Egypt," the spokesman for the ministry of health, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said.

He said another option could be for Egypt to let Egyptian ambulances enter the Gaza Strip and transport the wounded from the enclave's hospitals to Egyptian hospitals "to ensure their safe exit".