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Egypt to open border with Gaza ahead of Ramadan
[IsraelTimes] Egypt will reportedly open its borders with the Gazoo Strip for four days starting Wednesday, allowing Paleostinians to enter and leave the isolated coastal strip ahead of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.
Prediction: Ansar Bayt al Maqdis will stage a major attack no later than a week from Thursday. No doubt it would have been even bigger had the Israeli navy not stopped the latest fishing boat smuggling attempt.
The Rafah Border Crossing between the Sinai Peninsula and the Gazoo Strip will be open in both directions, the Paleostinian Ma’an News site reported Tuesday, citing the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run interior ministry in Gazoo.

The opening of the crossing is seen as a humanitarian gesture by Egypt ahead of the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan. According to the report, the opening is aimed at serving humanitarian and emergencies cases.

The move would be the second opening in as many months after Egypt shuttered the border for 85 days.

Both Israel and Egypt maintain a partial blockade on Gazoo. Israel says it restricts entry of certain materials into the territory to keep Hamas and other terror groups from being able to build weapons and cross-border tunnels.

Egypt has kept its border with Gazoo mostly sealed since Hamas seized control of the Strip in 2007. The closure worsened after Egypt’s military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, a Moslem Brüderbund member, in 2013. Hamas is an offshoot of the Brotherhood.

Egypt claims that Hamas in Gazoo is helping Sinai jihadists, both by treating casualties from the battles in Sinai against the Egyptian army and in arms. Hamas is also affiliated with the Moslem Brüderbund, an Islamist movement that has been outlawed in Egypt.

Along the Israel-Gazoo border, tensions have flared in recent weeks as troops working to uncover attack tunnels reaching into Israeli territory have come under mortar fire, drawing Israeli reprisal attacks.
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