Egypt opens border to wounded Palestinians
10 July 2014 @ 4:31 PM
CAIRO
: Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing to Gaza on Thursday to receive
wounded Palestinians as Israel pounded the enclave with air strikes, an
official at the border said.
Hospitals in north Sinai, which borders Gaza and Israel, have been placed on standby to receive the Palestinians, Egypt’s official MENA news agency reported.
The crossing is usually closed, with Egyptian officials citing the tense security situation in Sinai, where the army is battling an Islamist insurgency.
Rafah is Gaza’s only border crossing that bypasses Israel, which has hammered the coastal strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire.
The air strikes have killed at least 70 people since the operation began on Tuesday, including 11 women and 18 children, according to medical reports.
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Hospitals in north Sinai, which borders Gaza and Israel, have been placed on standby to receive the Palestinians, Egypt’s official MENA news agency reported.
The crossing is usually closed, with Egyptian officials citing the tense security situation in Sinai, where the army is battling an Islamist insurgency.
Rafah is Gaza’s only border crossing that bypasses Israel, which has hammered the coastal strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire.
The air strikes have killed at least 70 people since the operation began on Tuesday, including 11 women and 18 children, according to medical reports.
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A Palestinian man jumps from the wreckage
of a car as he inspects damages following an Israeli air strike in Gaza
City on July 10, 2014. The Israeli air force overnight hit more than
300 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the
besieged Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said. AFP PHOTO
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