Rafah crossing opened to allow Palestinians to travel in both directions for the first time in two months
Egyptian authorities have opened the Rafah crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip, allowing Palestinians to travel in both directions for the first time in two months. The border crossing, Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world with no Israeli control, opened on Monday for four days. Palestinian border official Khaled al-Shaer said about 20,000 people […]
Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing for Third Day
Egypt’s Rafah border-crossing was opened in both directions for the third day on Thursday, allowing the passage of 1158 people through it since Tuesday, reported the state news agency MENA. The crossing, which connects the Palestinian Gaza Strip to the Sinai Peninsula in eastern Egypt, is scheduled to remain opened until late Thursday. Of those […]
