By IRNA
Gaza City : Palestinian pilgrims who had been stranded in Egypt on their way home from Mecca arrived in Gaza City on Wednesday.
Over 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims had been stranded in Egypt for about a week on their way from the Haj pilgrimage because Israeli objection to their return to Gaza through its own border crossings.
They returned home through the Rafah border crossing, which is run by Egypt and Hamas.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh thanked Egypt and said Saudi Arabia had also helped ensure the pilgrims’ return home.
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