Gazans storm Rafah after Egypt closes border crossing
Egypt shut its border crossing with Gaza on Saturday for the first time since opening it on a routine basis last month, and angry Palestinians stormed the gates in protest, Hamas officials and witnesses said.
Egyptian authorities later reopened the Rafah border crossing following the temporary closure that had triggered the protests at the site, witnesses said.
Palestinian border officials said three buses filled with 180 passengers had waited several hours to cross the border at Rafah, the Hamas Islamist-ruled territory’s gateway to Egypt, and some of those waiting responded by forcing the gate open.