According to international news sources, Al-Skafi stated in an interview with the Palestinian Shehab news agency that the number of individuals permitted to travel or return through the Rafah crossing remains severely restricted. This limitation does not align with the high number of citizens registered and eager to travel or return, particularly patients awaiting treatment outside Gaza.<\/p>\n
He emphasized that this situation has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis, leading to deteriorating physical, mental, and emotional health among the affected individuals.Al-Skafi highlighted that the harrowing testimonies documented by the Al-Damir Human Rights Institute reveal the oppressive and arbitrary actions faced by citizens at the crossing. These include humiliating searches, obstruction of travelers, and sometimes denial of access to water or essential services.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that these actions, whether from occupying forces or affiliated armed groups, are executed in a manner that is degrading and devoid of basic humanitarian standards, which guarantee human dignity and the right to freedom of movement.The head of Al-Damir stressed that the procedures enforced at the crossing effectively transform it into a tool for torture and insult, rather than a humanitarian passage to alleviate suffering.<\/p>\n
Al-Skafi asserted that the freedom to travel and move is a fundamental human right guaranteed by international laws and conventions, including those of the United Nations, obligating occupying authorities to reopen crossings and ensure freedom of movement for civilians.He concluded by stating that these oppressive actions reflect a targeted Israeli policy.<\/p>\n
The Gaza government media office previously issued a statement detailing the traffic statistics at the Rafah crossing from early February to February 16, reporting the Israeli regime’s failure to adhere to agreements.Palestinian sources reported that despite an agreement to reopen the Rafah crossing during the initial ceasefire phase in October 2025, the Israeli occupiers have only fulfilled 29% of their commitments.<\/p>\n
Official statistics indicate that only 811 out of 2,800 applicants have been granted permission to cross. This comes amidst a backdrop where, prior to the conflict, management of the crossing was in the hands of Gaza and Egyptian authorities, allowing hundreds to cross daily without Israeli intervention.Currently 22000 patients and injured individuals in Gaza require treatment outside Palestine yet ongoing occupation and Israeli obstruction prevent them from accessing medical services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alaa Al-Skafi, head of the Al-Damir Human Rights Institute, has sharply criticized the Rafah crossing, labeling it not as a means to alleviate suffering but as a point of humiliation and extortion for Palestinian citizens in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}