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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029328.html
Egypt Opens Gaza Border Crossing to Allow Hospital Patients into Gaza
[DPA/Ha'aretz] Egyptian authorities on Thursday opened the Rafah border crossing to allow 32 Palestinian patients and their attendants, coming from Egyptian hospitals, to cross the border into Gaza. Except for humanitarian cases, Egypt has kept the Rafah crossing closed since the Islamist movement Hamas violently seized control in June 2007. According to a U.S.-brokered protocol, the crossing cannot be used without the presence of EU monitors and PA security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas.