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Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing in one direction for one day yesterday<\/strong> to allow Palestinian citizens stranded in Cairo to return to the Gaza Strip, security sources said, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. Citizens were not permitted to cross from Gaza to Egypt. This comes amid a flare-up in cross-border violence between Gaza and Israel that has seen the two sides bombing the other\u2019s territory, The New York Times notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing in one direction for one day yesterday to allow Palestinian citizens stranded in Cairo to return to the Gaza Strip, security sources said, Al Shorouk reports. Citizens were not permitted to cross from Gaza to Egypt. 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