The Egyptian authorities exceptionally opened the Rafah crossing on Tuesday to allow the bodies of 3 Gazan citizens who died while receiving treatment in Egypt to be transferred to the Gaza Strip.
The media director at the Rafah crossing Wael Abu Mohsen said that the bodies of Mohammed Hassan 25 Ahmad al-Ghouti 55 and Hanan al-Jbour 40 were transferred through ambulances from the Egyptian side to the Palestinian side to be handed over to their families.
The Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah crossing almost completely since 2013 due to the security situation in north Sinai and they open it exceptionally for humanitarian cases. The Ministry of Interior in Gaza said that there are 30000 registered passengers who need to travel through the crossing.
