GAZA (PIC)– The PA caretaker government during an extraordinary session on Saturday called on Cairo to end the suffering of 6000 Palestinians stranded at the Egyptian side of the borders.
The government affirmed that all concerned parties should act to re-open the Rafah border terminal the only gateway for the Strip inhabitants to the outside world.
Continued closure of the crossing would tighten the humanitarian siege on one million and half people and would be in violation of international laws the cabinet statement underlined.
It added that the government was in constant contact with “brothers in Egypt” to coordinate stands and to end the suffering of those trapped on the borders.
For its part the Hamas Movement held PA chief Mahmoud Abbas responsible for the continued blocking of the terminal charging him with demanding its continued closure.
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri the Hamas spokesman in the Gaza strip said at conclusion of a Hamas-organized march to protest the terminal’s closure that information indicated that Abbas was asking all concerned not to open the crossing.
