By SPA,
Cairo, Egypt : Egypt is to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip for two days to allow hundreds of stranded on both sides to cross, a Palestinian diplomat in Cairo said on Monday.
According to Nabil Amr, the diplomat, the opening will begin on Tuesday. All Palestinians who need medical treatment would be allowed into Egypt, as well as those
with residency permits in Egypt or elsewhere, Amr told reporters in Cairo.
Palestinians returning from abroad will also be allowed into Gaza from Egypt, he said , adding that the opening of the border was humanitarian decision in response to
appeals from Palestinians stuck because of border closures.
The move also followed talks on Sunday between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt’s chief of intelligence Omar Suleiman on the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, the Associated Press reported.