Egypt has exceptionally opened the crossing since May 16 to enable people stranded on both sides to cross and to deliver aid to Gaza residents.
A Palestinian boy waits with his family for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities for humanitarian cases. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustaf
CAIRO - 31 August 2020: The Rafah border crossing remains opened Tuesday to allow the crossing of stranded passengers and humanitarian cases on both sides, with the continued entry of aid and reconstruction materials and equipment into the Gaza Strip in accordance with the directives of the political leadership, sources responsible for operating the terminal said.
Administrative and technical staff are on hand to speed up transit procedures and the entry of aid and reconstruction materials into the Gaza Strip.
Preparations are also in place to receive humanitarian cases and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip at any time, the sources said.
The crossing has been operating exceptionally since May 16 to receive the wounded and other humanitarian cases and allow the entry of stranded people from both sides.
Egypt has exceptionally opened the crossing since May 16 to enable people stranded on both sides to cross and to deliver aid to Gaza residents.
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