Egypt Reopens Gaza Crossing After Closure

Date: 29 August 2021 - 21:31

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CAIRO (Anadolu) – Egyptian authorities on Sunday reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions.
Passengers gathered since early morning to cross into and out of the Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter.
There was no comment from Palestinian or Egyptian authorities on the report.
The border crossing was shut in both directions by the Egyptian authorities on Monday before it was opened two days later in one direction to allow travelers into the Palestinian territory.
The Rafah border terminal is the only gateway to Palestinians in Gaza to the outside world that is not controlled by the Zionist regime.
Gaza has been under an Israeli siege since June 2007, which has caused a decline in living standards. The regime has launched three major wars against the enclave since 2008, killing thousands of Gazans and shattering the impoverished territory’s already poor infrastructure.
The recent closure of the Rafah crossing and ensuing developments come after the Zionist regime’s military launched on May 10 a brutal bombing campaign against Gaza, following Palestinian retaliation for violent raids on worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the regime’s plans to force a number of Palestinian families out of their homes at the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Al-Quds.