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Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases

August 14th, 2012 by Abed Rahim Khatib
Abed Rahim Khatib
Rafah, Palestinian Territory, Middle East
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Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians load their luggage onto the back of a pick-up truck at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians load their luggage onto the back of a pick-up truck at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before travelling to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
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Palestinians arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip to travel to Egypt on August 14, 2012.
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
  • Egypt opened the crossing temporarily for humanitarian cases
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Egypt opened the crossing temporarily, but just for three days, mainly to permit travel for humanitarian cases. Hamas said of the closure that the new leadership in Cairo was imposing tthe same pain on the Palestinian enclave as the ousted Mubarak.

Egypt opened the crossing temporarily on Tuesday, but just for three days, mainly to permit travel for humanitarian cases. The Islamist group Hamas, stunned by Egypt's closure of its border with Gaza, said on Monday the new Islamist leadership in Cairo was imposing the same pain on the Palestinian enclave as ousted former president, Hosni Mubarak.

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