(ANSAmed) - GAZA, FEBRUARY 18 - Egyptian authorities have informed Hamas in Gaza that, following the closure which has lasted several weeks, the Rafah pass linking the southern Sinai with the Strip will re-open in the coming hours.
The provision, according to explanation, is ''humanitarian'' in nature and will last for three days.
During this period of time travel will be open in both directions for the sick, students and those having an urgent need. It is not yet clear whether goods transport will also be allowed.
Hamas leaders had been calling for an immediate and lasting opening of the pass following the fall of the regime under Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, partly to help assuage the state of poverty on the Strip.(ANSAmed).
Source: ANSAmed
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