STORY: Egypt to open Rafah crossing for Palestinians stranded in North Sinai
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 23, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:48
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Rafah border crossing

STORYLINE:

Egypt announced on Thursday that the Rafah border crossing will open on Friday for Palestinian citizens who are stranded in North Sinai and wish to return to the Gaza Strip.

According to al Ahram state-owned newspaper, the crossing will also be open for Palestinians stranded in other Egyptian governorates, including Cairo, as of Saturday.

Over the past weeks, Egypt has evacuated some foreigners who were stranded in war-torn Gaza and received dozens of seriously injured Palestinians for treatment in Egyptian hospitals.

After more than six weeks of bloody conflict, Israel and Hamas are poised to implement the first truce as part of a swap deal, under which Hamas will free some hostages in exchange for some Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Under the deal reached on Wednesday under the mediation by Qatar, Egypt and the U.S., a four-day humanitarian ceasefire will start at 07:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)