CAIRO: Egypt will open its Rafah border with the Gaza Strip for two days from Wednesday so students and the sick can cross, the state-run MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
The Rafah border will be open on Wednesday, for two days, in order to allow the passage of Palestinian students and the sick who are stuck on the Egyptian side, MENA said, quoting an unnamed official.
The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is only one that bypasses Israel. The Strip has been under Israeli blockade since June 2007. Most of the 1.4 million inhabitants survive on foreign aid in the impoverished enclave.
Egypt opens the crossing periodically to allow humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza, where more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed in a three-week Israeli onslaught in December and January. -AFP
