Israeli authorities halted the transfer of sick and wounded people from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday, two days after it was reopened, a Palestinian health official said.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society was informed of Israel's decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO), a spokesman told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Red Crescent spokesman Raed Al Nims said the patients had arrived at a hospital in Khan Younis ⁠in preparation for the crossing through Rafah for treatment in Egypt, to be informed that Israel had postponed the evacuat

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