Some 4277 people have traveled through Rafah crossing over the past ten days since the crossing was opened on May 12 2018 a report by the government’s Information Office in the besieged Gaza Strip revealed on Friday.
On average 388 passengers were able to travel through Rafah crossing. However the Egyptian authorities banned 490 Palestinians from travel via the same crossing the report pointed out.
Only 33 out of 13000 people who required medical treatment were allowed to travel to Egypt while 30 others headed to Jordan via the Israeli-controlled Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
Some 330 aid trucks entered Gaza Strip from Rafah crossing from the beginning of May until last Tuesday with aid worth nearly $199000 the official document revealed including food parcels medicines and supplies.
