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Egypt temporarily reopens Rafah crossing

Palestinian workers unload bags of cement from a truck after it entered the southern Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, after it was opened by Egyptian authorities to allow stranded Palestinians to return to Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Ashraf Shannon
Press TV, Gaza

Egypt has temporarily reopened the Gaza Strip’s only border crossing in a bid to allow Palestinians stranded in the country and elsewhere to return home. Egyptian authorities say the crossing will stay open for three days starting on Saturday. Press TV’s correspondent Ashraf Shannon has more.


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