Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing to Allow Treatment for Injured Palestinians
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip early Thursday to allow hundreds of Palestinians injured during the ongoing Israeli offensive to receive medical treatment.
Based on a report by Ma’an News Agency, the press office of the Palestinian embassy in Cairo announced on Wednesday that the decision has been made by the Egyptian officials to temporarily open the crossing to let the injured Gazans be treated in Egyptian hospitals.
Egypt's frequent closure of the Rafah crossing, the Palestinian enclave's prime gate to the outside world, has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave.
Since the military overthrew former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, Cairo has cracked down on smuggling tunnels to the Gaza Strip and accused Hamas of aiding the Brotherhood in militant attacks inside Egypt.
Both Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood have rejected the allegations.