The Egyptian authorities on Monday opened the Rafah crossing to allow the entry of the bodies of dead Palestinians and their accompanying persons.
Head of Rafah media office Wael Abu Muhssin said the Egyptian authorities opened the border-crossing to allow the entry of the bodies of the Palestinian citizens: Saber Abu Laban and Farha Abu Khousa who died in the Egyptian hospitals and their three companions.
The Egyptian side of the crossing was re-locked right after the dead bodies and their accompanying persons reached the Palestinian side of the passageway.
The Egyptian authorities have kept the Rafah border crossing with Gaza closed since 2013 on a quasi-permanent basis.
At least 15000 Palestinians mostly students sick civilians and humanitarian cases are in urgent need of travel via the Rafah crossing.
