Gaza border authority: Rafah land crossing to reopen Sunday

Published November 12, 2023 8:36am

Rafah land crossing to reopen Sunday, Nov. 12, according to Gaza border authority

Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The Rafah crossing will reopen on Nov. 12, 2023, Gaza's border authority says.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo

RAFAH - Gaza's border authority announced on Saturday that the Rafah land crossing into Egypt would reopen on Sunday for foreign passport holders and dependents.

The crossing between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai peninsula is the only entry into the strip not controlled by Israel, and has been crucial for aid trucks and evacuees, who number in the thousands.

Evacuations from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, including for Palestinians needing urgent medical treatment, were suspended on Friday, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, due to problems transporting medical evacuees from northern Gaza.

The border would begin operating at 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT or around 3 p.m. Philippine time) for foreigners and medical evacuees, Egyptian sources said. —Reuters

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