Rafah-Sinai border will be closed after blast: MENA

Monday 6 Aug 2012

According to the official state news agency MENA, Egyptian  security source said that the Sinai-Rafah border will be closed indefinetely following the Sunday blast which left 15 Egyptian soldiers dead and seven injured in the north of the peninsula.

Hundreds of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip use the crossing on a daily basis to carry out business and purchase foods and other goods.

 

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