The Gaza Strip's land border with Egypt reopened Saturday after a 50-day closure, but only for three days and then just for special cases, its Islamist rulers Hamas said. Passage to Egypt will be limited to those seeking medical treatment, students going to their places of study, foreigners and in cases deemed as humanitarian, Hamas's interior ministry said. A busload of Palestinians heading for Egypt was the first vehicle through the crossing in the city of Rafah, which is also open to traffic in the opposite direction. Egypt has severely restricted access through the crossing since July, when the army deposed Hamas's ally, president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
03-29-2014, 03:00 PM
Gaza-Egypt crossing reopens for 3 days for special cases
The Gaza Strip's land border with Egypt reopened Saturday after a 50-day closure, but only for three days and then just for special cases, its Islamist rulers Hamas said. Passage to Egypt will be limited to those seeking medical treatment, students going to their places of study, foreigners and in cases deemed as humanitarian, Hamas's interior ministry said. A busload of Palestinians heading for Egypt was the first vehicle through the crossing in the city of Rafah, which is also open to traffic in the opposite direction. Egypt has severely restricted access through the crossing since July, when the army deposed Hamas's ally, president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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