Egypt to open Rafah crossing into Gaza for 2 days
May 24, 2015 4:23 P.M. (Updated: May 24, 2015 4:46 P.M.)
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CAIRO (Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah border crossing
for two days on Tuesday and Wednesday allowing passengers to travel from
Egypt into Gaza, although not the other way around, Egyptian security
sources told Ma'an.

Palestinian officials have reportedly been notified so as to make the
necessary arrangements.

Rafah crossing has been the principal connection between Gaza's 1.8 million
residents and the outside world since the imposition of an Israeli blockade
on the coastal enclave since 2007.

However, for the last two years, the Egyptian authorities have largely kept
the crossing closed, due in large to Egyptian allegations that Hamas is
supporting an Islamist insurgency pitched against the Egyptian government in
the northern Sinai.

Last week dozens of Palestinians were sentenced to death by an Egyptian
court for allegedly carrying out espionage on behalf of the outlawed Muslim
Brotherhood and Hamas between 2005 and 2013, "with the aim of perpetrating
terror attacks in the country in order to spread chaos and topple the
state."

Hamas has denied the allegations.