Nearly 1000 Palestinians managed to travel via the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza Strip in both directions on the third day of its opening.
Media director of Rafah crossing Wael Abu Omar affirmed that seven buses carrying 668 persons managed to leave Gaza Strip on Wednesday in addition to a number of ambulances.
324 stranded people also arrived in the Strip via the crossing while 55 Palestinians were denied entry by Egyptian authorities for unknown reasons.
Egyptian authorities announced on Sunday that they would open the Rafah crossing for five consecutive days beginning Monday morning and ending Friday evening only for humanitarian cases students holders of Egyptian passports patients and visa holders.
Over the first two days of its opening the Egyptian authorities barred 74 Palestinian citizens from traveling through the Rafah border crossing.
Egypt has been closing the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for the majority of the past three years since the ousting of former President Muhammad Morsi in 2013 and the rise to power of President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt.
