The interior ministry spokesman in Gaza, Iyad al-Bazam, has urged the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt immediately.
Bazam, in a statement on his Facebook page at dawn Wednesday, said that the Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah border terminal for 174 days since the start of 2014.
He said that the crossing should be opened immediately in light of the ongoing Israeli “savage aggression” on the besieged enclave.
The spokesman said that hundreds of Palestinians were wounded and were in need of urgent treatment, adding that medicines were running out of stock in Gaza.
The crossing has been mostly closed since July 2013.
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