GAZA, May 8 (Reuters) - The main border crossing between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt will be opened for three days starting on Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and Cairo, a Hamas official said on Thursday. Hamas official Ayman Taha said sick Gazans would be allowed to cross into Egypt on Saturday. Palestinians holding Egyptian and other foreign passports will be allowed to leave the coastal territory on Sunday and Monday, Taha added. Egyptian security sources said Egypt had agreed in principle to open the border for three days to allow the wounded to cross into Egypt for treatment and to allow Egyptians in Gaza to return. http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL08731322._CH_.2400 ---- Finally Egypt is going to open borders to help ( at least 3 days) ppls from Gaza. Israel making terror in Gaza, poor Gaza ppls. Arabs MUST help Palestinians, they must stop Israel terror agains Palestine
Hundreds of Palestinians in dire need of medical treatment have crossed into Egypt through the Rafah crossing on Saturday including 200 wounded in IOF attacks on the Gaza Strip, medical sources announced. Muawia Hasanein, the director of ambulance and emergency in the Shifa hospital in Gaza, said in a statement to Palestine newspaper published on Sunday that 550 Palestinian patients left via the Rafah border terminal. He said that they would be treated in Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and hoped that another batch would get out on Sunday. The health official said that 30 of the patients were in critical conditions while 70 were children less than 18 years old.