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Palestinian wounded pass through Egypt
WOUNDED Palestinians finally passed through the Rafah crossing into Egypt on Monday as medical aid went in the other direction to the devastated Gaza Strip. Nine patients, some in critical condition, crossed at the only Gaza exit point which does not lead to Israel and around 30 wounded Palestinians in all were expected to enter Egypt on yesterday, security officials said.Egyptian lorries loaded with medication moved in early afternoon into the neutral zone of the Rafah terminal to allow the transfer of their cargoes onto Palestinian vehicles. Earlier, an Egyptian security official said the Rafah crossing point would remain closed on Monday, a day after a policeman died from being hit by Palestinian gunfire. "The Rafah crossing is closed and will only be opened to allow the wounded through,'' a security official said. Egypt accused Hamas on Sunday of preventing hundreds of Palestinians injured from leaving the Gaza Strip although ambulances were waiting for them on the Egyptian side of the frontier. Egyptian authorities had opened the Rafah border point on Saturday on the first day of the massive Israeli air operation against the Hamas movement, which controls the impoverished Palestinian territory. Posted by: tipper 2008-12-29 |
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