CAIRO — Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza Saturday to
allow 10 ambulances to transport Palestinians seriously wounded in Israeli air
strikes to Egyptian hospitals, medical officials said.
اضافة اعلان
Egypt "exceptionally opened the Rafah crossing to allow
10 Egyptian ambulances into the Gaza Strip to transport wounded Palestinians...
to be treated in Egypt," a medical official said.
An official at the Gaza
border said the opening was
"exceptional" because it is usually closed during public holidays
including
Eid al-Fitr, this year running from Wednesday to Sunday in Egypt.
The Egyptian public health authority said Friday that the
holiday was being suspended for some Egyptian doctors and nurses in preparation
to receive "those coming from the Gaza Strip".
The Rafah border crossing is usually open on working days.
The grand imam of Egypt's famed Al-Azhar mosque and
university, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, late Friday launched a campaign on social
media in "support the Palestinian people".
"Stop the killing," he said.
"Enough with silence and double standards if we are
really working towards peace."
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