Border official: Egypt opens Gaza crossing to someIBRAHIM BARZAK
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing for 3 days Source: Xinhua| 2018-04-29 07:34:06|Editor: Shi Yinglun A Palestinian boy waits for a travel permit to cross to Egypt with his family, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on April 28, 2018. Egypt opened Rafah crossing on its border with...
A Palestinian boy looks out from a bus window as he waits to enter Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on March 23, 2018. The Egyptian authorities on Friday temporarily opened the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Strip in both directions for humanitarian cases. ...
However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gazasince the war beganwere allowed to cross into Egypt. U.S. passport holder Leila Bsiso, who is among hundreds of Americans who have been stranded at the Gaza-Egypt border for weeks, said she and her famil...
Originally designated as a “safe zone”, Rafah is now beingtargetedby Israeli airstrikes, as well. Those fleeing the violence have nowhere safe to go. However, Egypt, the only country aside from Israel that has a border with Gaza, has rebuffed pressure to accept Palestinian refugees displaced...
The border - Gaza's only gateway to the rest of the world that is not directly controlled byIsrael- had been closed since the deadlyHamas attack on 7 October. The US Embassy in Israel said it was unsure how long the crossing will remain open to allow foreign nationals to l...
Egypt has relaxed restrictions at its border with the Gaza Strip, allowing many Palestinians to cross freely for the first time in four years. Women, children and men over 40 are now allowed to pass freely. Men aged between 18 and 40 will still require a permit, and trade is prohibited....
As trucks line up on the sides of the long road that goes straight to Gaza, they make calls back and forth to aid coordinators in Cairo who share their frustration. They have been told "today or tomorrow" until the border opens for five days.
Egypt must still repair the road across the border that was cratered by Israeli airstrikes. More than 200 trucks and some 3,000 tons of aid are positioned at or near the Rafah crossing,Gaza’s only connection to Egypt, said the head of the Red Crescent for North Sinai, Khalid Zayed. ...
CAIRO: Egypt has urged Israel to remove restrictions and impediments to the process of allowing aid access to Gaza via land ports. Responding to enquiries about Egypt’s position regarding the arrival of the first aid ship via the maritime corridor, Mini