GAZA,(The Palestine Information Centre)Egyptian authorities started on Friday morning removing cement blocks at the entrance of the Rafah crossing, preparing for its opening.
According to the PIC reporter, road repair equipment had passed through the Rafah border crossing, heading from Egypt.
Being the sole border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, the Rafah crossing has been bombed four times recently by Israeli warplanes.
“Currently, there is a miles-long convoy of humanitarian assistance between Arish and Rafah with trucks on the sides of the road awaiting the possibility of entering Gaza,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told CNN.
Red Crescent trucks are carrying international aid that arrived in Egypt, security officials said