Egypt insists that any discussion over the Rafah border crossing take place bilaterally with the Palestinian Authority rather than as part of any overall deal between the Palestinians and Israel to ease the blockade, the sources said.........
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Tehran urges Egypt to open Rafah for Gaza humanitarian aid....
Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for Gaza wounded
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Tehran urges Egypt to open Rafah for Gaza humanitarian aid....
ReplyDeleteIranian Foreign Ministry urged Egypt to open Rafah border crossing to enable humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip, IRNA agency reported on Tuesday.
As soon as the crossing is opened, wounded Palestinians will be delivered to Iranian hospitals, and humanitarian aid collected in Iran will flow to the Gaza population, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein-Amir Abdollahian.
The official met Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Badreddin Zayed and discussed the issue at the Non-Aligned Movement forum in Tehran. The meeting was productive and important, and the sides agreed there was a need to give due attention to the situation in Gaza, he said.
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Rafah crossing not part of Cairo talks: Gaza negotiator...
ReplyDeleteA member of the Palestinian delegation conducting indirect talks with the Israelis in Cairo to reach a durable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday that the re-opening of the Rafah crossing is not an issue that will be discussed as part of the talks.
"The management of the Rafah crossing is a purely Egyptian-Palestinian issue," Qais Abdel-Karim told Anadolu Agency. "The Israelis have nothing to do with it," he added.
Located on the border between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, the Rafah crossing has turned into a sore point in Egyptian-Palestinian relations several years ago.
The crossing, which is dedicated for the movement of persons, foodstuffs and medicine, was most of the time closed down by Egyptian authorities, especially in the last year when tensions soared between the Egyptian army-backed authorities and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
Gazans have always complained that the crossing closure makes their suffering – induced by Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip – even worse..........................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/news/369642--rafah-crossing
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