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    Egypt to open Rafah crossing with Gaza for 3 days
    Dec. 16, 2016 10:21 A.M. (Updated : Dec. 16, 2016 10:21 A.M.)
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    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities announced on Thursday that they would be opening the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions for three days starting on Saturday.

    The Gaza borders and crossings committee said in a Thursday statement that they were informed by Egyptian authorities that the Rafah crossing would be open from from Saturday to Monday.

    Separately, Egyptian security sources told Ma’an that the decision to open the border came upon order from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “to lessen the siege on the Gaza Strip by opening the crossing twice a month.”

    Les autorités égyptiennes ont fermé le passage frontalier de Rafah avec la bande de Gaza bloquée mardi matin après son ouverture pendant trois jours consécutifs, avec environ 2 000 passagers quittant l’enclave côtière assiégée et environ 1 500 arrivant d’Egypte.

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      Palestinian vehicles pass from Gaza into Egypt for first time in years
      Dec. 18, 2016 10:35 A.M. (Updated: Dec. 18, 2016 10:36 A.M.)
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      GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — For the first time in several years Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning allowed Palestinian vehicles to travel into Egypt from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.

      Palestinian security sources in Gaza told Ma’an that 40 vehicles passed through the Rafah crossing into Egyptian territory on Sunday morning.

      Sources added that allowing the entry of vehicles was a “positive step” taken by Egypt, and would serve as great a benefit for the more than 1.8 million people living under blockade in the coastal enclave, who typically travel in buses back and forth through the crossing.

      Egypt opened the Rafah crossing on Sunday for the second of a three-day opening to allow the entry of “humanitarian cases” — including patients, students, and holders of visas from foreign — from gaza into Egypt.

      The Gaza borders and crossings committee said in a statement that more than 600 passengers left the Gaza Strip to Egypt on Saturday, while 82 Palestinians arrived in Gaza from Egypt.

      Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities denied entry to 68 passengers from gaza without explanation.

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      Hundreds of Gazans travel through Rafah crossing on 2nd day of opening
      Dec. 19, 2016 5:29 P.M. (Updated: Dec. 19, 2016 5:29 P.M.)
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      The Egyptian official said that a number of Palestinian travelers to Egypt spent the night inside the crossing’s waiting hall due to the security curfew imposed on the Egyptian towns of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, and that they were able to travel to Cairo Monday morning after the end of the curfew.

      Egyptian authorities also allowed 46 trucks financed by Qatar and loaded with construction materials to enter Gaza on Sunday, as part of a Qatari project to help rebuild the besieged coastal enclave, the source added.

      Meanwhile, the head of the car import union in Gaza Ismail Nakhala denounced Egyptian authorities’ decision to allow Palestinian vehicles to enter into Gaza from Egypt, telling Ma’an that the procedures were unclear and that the union would meet with Gaza’s Ministry of Transportation to clarify the issue.

      Nakhala said that cars imported through Rafah were only subjected to a 25 percent customs fee, whereas cars imported through the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel were subjected to a 75 percent customs fee, severely affecting Palestinian car salespeople.

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