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Egypt to reopen Rafah border with Gaza
Egypt is to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for two days to allow hundreds of stranded people on both sides to cross, a Palestinian diplomat in Cairo said on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 17:44 June 30, 2008
Cairo: Egypt is to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for two days to allow hundreds of stranded people on both sides to cross, a Palestinian diplomat in Cairo said on Monday.
According to diplomat Nabil Amr, the crossing will be open starting on Tuesday to Palestinians who wish to get medical care in Egypt.
Palestinians returning from abroad will also be allowed into Gaza from Egypt, he said , adding that the opening of the border was "humanitarian" decision.
The move also followed talks on Sunday between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's chief of intelligence
Omar Sulaiman.
In Israel, government spokesman Mark Regev had no comment on the Egyptian announcement.
The Rafah crossing, the main gateway for Gaza's 1.4
million people, was sealed after Hamas took over Gaza one year ago.
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