Egypt extends Rafah crossing opening for two days

‘Egypt has extended a three-day-long opening of its Rafah border crossing with the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip for two more days.

“Egyptian authorities have informed the Palestinian side that the terminal will remain open for two more days,” the Palestinian Authority’s border chief Nazmi Mehanna told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency on Monday.

Egyptian authorities had lifted the crossing’s closure on Saturday for three days. According to the Gaza border authority, around 1,096 Palestinians transited through the crossing in the first two days.’

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