Gaza’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday called on the mass media to stop releasing counterfeit pieces of news on the opening/closure of the Rafah border-crossing blocked by the Egyptian authorities.
Spokesperson for the Interior Ministry Iyad al-Bazm slammed the reports recently released by unidentified news outlets on Egypt’s opening of the Rafah border-crossing.
He said such counterfeit reports have sparked a state of panic among Gaza’s stranded passengers and humanitarian cases.
According to al-Bazm it is just unacceptable to deepen Gazans’ wounds by chasing incorrect data.
He called on the mass media to scrutinize the accuracy of such pieces of news and refer to official authorities for the truth.
Director of the Rafah Border crossing Hesham Udwan also said he has not been updated on any decision by the Egyptian authorities to open the passageway before stranded passengers and humanitarian cases.
Udwan called on Egypt to unblock the crossing so as to alleviate the sufferings of the stranded Gazans.
He added that over 25000 humanitarian cases have been registered for urgent travel via the crossing.
Egypt closed the Rafah border-crossing on October 25 2014 and opened it only sporadically before Gaza’s humanitarian cases.
The situation has gone far worse in the besieged enclave due to a nearly one-decade long blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on the coastal territory a home to over 1.8 million Gazans.
