Egypt allows bodies of three Palestinians into Gaza

Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing yesterday to allow the bodies of three Palestinians who died in Egypt to be transferred to Gaza.

An official source at the Rafah crossing told Quds Press that the Egyptian authorities opened the crossing to allow the bodies of Mariam Mohammed Eid Abu Assi, Yousef Saeed Ismail Salim and Ziad Fahmy Saeed Lolo to be returned to their families.

The three Palestinians were being treated in Egyptian hospitals and died yesterday.

Egypt has continued its complete closure of the Rafah crossing since the summer of 2013.

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