The Egyptian authorities will reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Monday for four days for travel in both directions.
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza declared that the Rafah crossing would open from Monday to Thursday.
The General Authority for Crossings revealed details on travel through the border during this period.
The Authority set a condition that travelers must head, solely, to conduct a PCR test a day before their travel. Also, it demanded holders of newly issued passports (2020) to instantly update their data at the ministry of interior directorates – each in his governorate.
The reopening of the crossing is the first since Nov. 27 when it was shut down by the Egyptian authorities. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, Cairo and Hamas have agreed on closing the border.
Every now and then Egypt opens the border for humanitarian cases.
This is the only crossing linking Gaza to the outside world. The second crossing is Erez crossing that connects Gaza and the West Bank to Israel.
Gazans require Egyptian security approval to cross to Egypt, and special permits in order to pass to the West Bank or Israel.
