Rafah crossing remained open for 15th day to receive injured Palestinians

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Sun, 30 May 2021 - 01:01 GMT

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Palestinians gather at Rafah boder crossing as they wait to travel into Egypt after the passage was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. / AFP / SAID KHATIB

Palestinians gather at Rafah boder crossing as they wait to travel into Egypt after the passage was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. / AFP / SAID KHATIB

CAIRO - 30 May 2020: Egyptian authorities on Sunday continued opening the Rafah border crossing for the 15th consecutive day to allow stranded Palestinians and humanitarian cases on both sides to cross the border terminal.


Medical and administrative teams are stationed for facilitating the passage of the injured to hospitals for treatment, said official sources at the crossing.

Egypt has exceptionally opened the crossing to enable people stranded on the two sides to cross and to deliver aid to Gaza residents, the sources added.

In a message delivered by Egypt's General Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi asserted backing to Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian people.

The president also directed Egyptian officials to continue brokering a solution to the issue of captives and missing individuals between Israel and Hamas.

The Egyptian chief of General Intelligence is leading a delegation that is also holding consultations with the Israeli prime minister and concerned bodies over stabilizing the ceasefire with Palestinians and the recent developments on the Palestinian scene.

On May 7, clashes began between Israeli forces in the West Bank and Jerusalem and civilians as the latter were protesting forced displacement, particularly from Sheikh Jarrah in Eastern Jerusalem, and assaults on worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque. And, on May 10-20, Israel shelled and carried out airstrikes against Gaza Strip. The violence and aggression across Palestinian territories incurred 243 deaths, including 66 children, and 6,039 injuries, as reported by the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA).

In Gaza Strip where most deaths occurred, injuries stood at 1,910. In the West Bank, 441 Palestinian protesters were shot with live rounds, and 172 were shot with rubber-coated bullets among other injuries caused by tear gas, and beating up. As for Palestinians who got detained in Jerusalem and the West Bank, the figure is 850.

The strikes also caused the destruction of more than 2,000 residential units in Gaza Strip while 15,000 others were partially damaged, according to AP. As a consequence, 50,000 Palestinians fled from the North to the South of Gaza Strip.

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