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| Egypt to open Gaza crossing for four days starting Monday | |
| 2017-08-15 | |
| [AlAhram] Egypt will open its border crossing with Gazoo for four days starting Monday, state news agency MENA reported. Earlier today, al-Ahram Arabic website quoted a Hamas delegation currently in Cairo as saying that the Rafah crossing would open for two days starting Wednesday, in one direction only, for Paleostinians to enter the Gazoo Strip. According to the subsequent MENA report, the crossing will be open for four days, beginning on Monday, for Paleostinian pilgrims to cross from Gazoo to Egypt, in preparation for the hajj pilgrimage season in September. There are also unconfirmed media reports that Paleostinians will be able to cross into Gazoo on Wednesday and Thursday. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Friday for talks with officials, according to media reports. Egypt has kept its border with the Gazoo Strip largely closed for security reasons since the ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohammed Morsi in 2013. The crossing in northern Sinai is the only terminal not controlled by Israel. Cairo periodically opens the border to allow civilians with foreign passports, Paleostinian students, and those with medical needs to travel back and forth. The crossing was last opened temporarily in early July. The border openings in recent months have come amid signs of improving ties between Cairo and Gazoo's governing group Hamas.
"About 800 pilgrims will leave the Strip today," he added, saying they had all already received Saudi visas. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Solar Eclipse will put a stop to this nonsense |
| Posted by: Frank G on the Road 2017-08-15 10:39 |
| #1 Two days, max. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-08-15 03:27 |