APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Rafah - 09 February 2021. Palestinians wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as they wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian woman, Um Rami
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The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will reopen beginning Feb. 9 to allow for the passage of travelers in both directions; authorities have not specified how long the facility would stay open. The Rafah border crossing had been closed as part of efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19; however, authorities have periodically reopened the crossing for several days at a time to permit the repatriation of travelers and the transport of humanitarian cases.
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