Egypt opens crossing with Gaza to allow humanitarian aid

Source: The Hindu
An activist holds an Egyptian flag and a 
picture of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser while chanting 
anti-Israeli slogans demanding the closure of the Israeli embassy and 
the expulsion of the ambassador during a protest in front of the foreign
 ministry in Cairo on Monday. Photo: AP. 
An activist holds an Egyptian flag and a picture of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser while chanting anti-Israeli slogans demanding the closure of the Israeli embassy and the expulsion of the ambassador during a protest in front of the foreign ministry in Cairo on Monday. Photo: AP. 

Egpyt on Thursdsay ordered the opening of its border with the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian and medical aid into the blockaded enclave, after Israel attacked a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza.
It will also receive injured and ill Palestinians who require to pass into Egypt for medical help.
The decision to open the border, made in an order from President Hosni Mubarak, comes after Israel lethally stormed the “Freedom Flotilla” that was carrying aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
On Monday, Egypt summoned the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to express their condemnation of the attack that left at least 10 people killed.
Egypt closed the Gaza Strip’s borders after Hamas took control of the territory’s security forces in 2007.
It was criticized for keeping the border closed during Israel’s three—week offensive on the strip last year, which left more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.
In recent months Egypt has been accused of building an underground barrier beneath the border, in a bid to cut the number of smugglers’ tunnels between Rafah and the Gaza Strip.

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