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Monday, August 14, 2017
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Monday, August 14, 2017
Egypt opens Gaza crossing for hajj pilgrims
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt reopens its border with the Gaza Strip for the first time in months to allow Muslims from the blockaded Palestinian enclave to travel to Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage, authorities say.
“The crossing was reopened this morning for four days in one direction for 2,500 pilgrims,” Hisham Adwan, says the director of information at the crossings authority of the Hamas-run interior ministry.
“About 800 pilgrims will leave the Strip today,” he adds, saying they had all already received Saudi visas.
The Rafah crossing with Egypt has been largely closed in recent years apart from occasional openings.
— AFP
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