Gaza, April 14, Egypt issued a sudden order today to close the Rafah crossing infront of the movement of Palestinian returnees to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Thursday for an indefinite period and without giving any reasons for this sudden decision.
Egypt has assigned the days of Wednesday and Thursday of each week for the return of Palestinian patients to the Gaza Strip who finished treatment in Egyptian hospitals, as well as for the return of Palestinians from all over the world to the Gaza Strip.
Mustafa Tayeh, Relief official at the Federation of Arab Physicians, said that the Egyptian authorities had informed him of the decision to close the crossing for an indefinite period.
Tayeh, confirmed that medical aid was supposed to enter Gaza today, but the Egyptian authorities decided to close the crossing.
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