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Egypt to briefly open Rafah border crossing with Gaza next week

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Egypt plans to open the Rafah border crossing to the Gaza Strip for three days from August 3, Egyptian media reported on Tuesday.

CAIRO, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt plans to open the Rafah border crossing to the Gaza Strip for three days from August 3, Egyptian media reported on Tuesday.

People will be allowed to leave the Palestinian enclave if they have a residence permit in Egypt or another country, or if they are enrolled as a student at a foreign university and have documents to prove it, the reports said.

Egyptian authorities will also admit Palestinians who are in need of urgent medical treatment or who have other humanitarian grounds for entry.

Israel has maintained an almost continual blockade on Gaza since Hamas came to power in the enclave more than two years ago. The 1.5 million residents suffer from severe shortages of medicine, food and fuel.

The Red Cross said in a report last month that since Israel's three-week military offensive at the start of the year, poverty and malnutrition have reached alarming levels in Gaza, and that thousands remain homeless.

 

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