THE Palestinian people are now being murdered by the Israeli ruling class with the UK, US and EU ruling classes looking on. The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Tuesday that more than 20,000 Palestinian patients are waiting for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. It warned that the continued closure of the Rafah border crossing poses a direct threat to their lives. Only 3,100 patients have managed to leave Gaza since the Rafah crossing was shut down on May 7, 2024, though the mechanism by which they left remains unclear. Meanwhile, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that Israel has agreed to reopen the Rafah crossing after locating the remains of Israeli prisoner Ran Gvili.