Rafah crossing opens for aid, medical care

In what is described as “unusual” ease of access by the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency, the Rafah crossing with Egypt has been open for aid, Gazans seeking medical treatment, and foreign passport holders.

Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

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