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Gaza’s border crossing into Egypt is running under the Palestinian Authority’s control for the first time in a decade.
Egypt opened the Rafah crossing point on day for three days on a humanitarian basis for the first time since the militant Hamas group ceded control of Gaza’s crossings with Israel and Egypt to the Western-backed PA.
In 2007, Hamas wrested control of Gaza by force provoking an Israeli-Egyptian blockade that severely restricted the movement of most of Gaza’s two million inhabitants.
Hamas withdrew from the crossings on the 1st of this month, implementing the first step of an Egyptian-brokered deal to end the rift with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party.
Talks will resume in Cairo this month to discuss the PA’s expansion of its rule over Gaza and broader national issues.