GAZA STRIP: No wounded Palestinians or dual nationals were evacuated Wednesday from the Gaza Strip to Egypt via the Rafah crossing, a Palestinian official said.

The crossing point remained closed due to Israel鈥檚 refusal to approve the list of wounded who were to be evacuated, a Hamas official told AFP.

The war started over a month ago when Hamas militants crossed into Israel and killed about 1,400 people, mainly civilians, and seized 239 hostages, according to Israeli officials,

Aiming to destroy Hamas, Israel retaliated with a relentless bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip that, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian territory鈥檚 health ministry, has killed more than 10,500 people, also mostly civilians.

The Rafah terminal 鈥� which connects the bombarded Gaza Strip to Egypt 鈥� reopened on November 1 to allow the evacuation of foreigners and dual nationals stranded in the small Palestinian territory.

There was then a two-day closure after deadly Israeli strikes hit ambulances headed for the border, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Hamas-run health ministry.

Israel鈥檚 military said it had targeted an ambulance used by a 鈥淗amas terrorist cell.鈥�

An AFP journalist at the Rafah crossing point Wednesday saw a large crowd of people hoping to cross into Egypt during the day.

Mazen Danaf, who holds a German passport, told AFP that the situation in Gaza is 鈥渉orrible.鈥�

鈥淭here is no electricity, no water, no fuel, the hospitals are crowded,鈥� he said.

Egypt has said it would help evacuate around 7,000 foreigners through the crossing.