Dozens of foreigners and wounded people left the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip today and crossed into Egypt through the Rafah crossing, which was opened to people for the first time since the start of the escalation between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas. The exact number of people who managed to leave through Rafah, on Gaza's southern border with Egypt, was not immediately clear, but live images from the scene showed a crowd entering Egyptian territory. Foreigners were authorized to enter the pass in the morning after the authorities announced its exceptional opening to allow the passage of almost 90 injured people and some 545 foreigners. Hours before, Palestinian officials in Rafah published the list with the name, nationality and passport number of foreigners authorized to leave for Egypt. A Palestinian official indicated that a total of 88 wounded, including 40 children, women and the elderly, will be hospitalized in Egypt, the AFP news agency reported. The Ministry of Health of the Hamas Government in Gaza transmitted to Egypt a list of 4,000 wounded people who need treatments not available in this Palestinian territory, reported the spokesman for the Palestinian group Ashraf al Qudra.