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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas reopens Egypt border crossing shuttered due to virus
2020-04-14
[IsraelTimes] Rafah terminal to be open for 4 days, allowing hundreds of Paleostinians to enter Strip; those returning required to quarantine for 21 days.

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...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
’s Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, rulers on Monday temporarily reopened the border crossing with Egypt, shut due to the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic, to allow hundreds of Paleostinians to return.

One-way traffic into the coastal enclave through the Rafah crossing would be allowed for the coming four days, Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry said.
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All those returning would be put into compulsory 21-day quarantine, which could be extended, interior ministry front man Iyad al-Bozm said.

So far, only 13 COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in Gaza, all from people returning to the territory or those in contact with them while in quarantine.

But the Strip, under an Israeli-imposed blockade since 2007, is one of the most densely-populated territories on earth and has a struggling health system. Israel says the blockade is necessary to prevent arms from reaching Hamas and other Paleostinian terror groups in Gaza.

Hamas has imposed a series of measures including closing markets, schools and mosques.

Gaza, ruled by the Islamist terror group since 2007, ran out of COVID-19 testing kits last week, but the World Health Organization delivered 480 kits on Sunday.

At the Rafah arrivals hall on Monday, returning residents were met by dozens of coppers, doctors and nurses wearing protective medical equipment.

Among the returnees were students and people who had been outside Gaza for treatment for other diseases, said doctor Mohammed Abu Salamieh.

The Rafah border crossing with Egypt is the only exit from Gaza, apart from into Israel.
Related:
Rafah terminal: 2018-02-13 Palestinians ask Egypt to keep Rafah terminal open, stop humiliations at checkpoints
Rafah terminal: 2015-05-26 Egypt to reopen Gaza crossing for first time in months
Rafah terminal: 2015-01-19 Egypt to reopen Gaza crossing for 3 days
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