The Egyptian authorities decided to unblock the Rafah border-crossing with Gaza for three days as of Tuesday, Gaza’s Crossings and Border Authority said.
“The Egyptian side notified us of their intents to open the Rafah crossing for three days—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,” head of the crossings authority, Maher Abu Sabha.
Abu Sabha called on all holders of visas and foreign passports registered in stand-by lists to fetch their entry permits on Monday from the Abu Khadra complex.
Egypt has been blocking the Rafah crossing for several months following the Sinai attack, which killed some 25 soldiers on the Egyptian side.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) called on Egypt to open the Rafah crossing unconditionally before all passengers, not only the Umrah pilgrims.
Politburo member of the Democratic Front Ziad Jarghoun said in a statement Sunday the situation has gone from bad to worse in the Gaza Strip due to Israel’s tough blockade policies and the continuous closure of border crossings.
He called on the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah crossing permanently so as to allow thousands of Gaza’s patients, humanitarian cases, students, businessmen, and holders of foreign passports to smoothly get out of and into the blockaded Strip.