<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Egypt opens Rafah crossing, Israeli terminal&nbsp;closes]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=498422" target="_blank"><strong>Maan News Agency | June 25, 2012</strong></a><br />
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<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="97489" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/egypt-opens-rafah-crossing-israeli-terminal-closes/61629_345x2301/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/61629_345x2301.jpg" data-orig-size="345,230" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="61629_345x230[1]" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/61629_345x2301.jpg?w=345" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/61629_345x2301.jpg?w=345" class="alignright size-full wp-image-97489" title="61629_345x230[1]" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/61629_345x2301.jpg?w=345&#038;h=230" alt="" width="345" height="230" />GAZA CITY (Ma&#8217;an) &#8212; Egypt opened its Rafah crossing to the Gaza Strip on Monday, after the country&#8217;s presidential election results were announced without sparking the feared unrest on the border.</p>
<p>Rafah, the sole passenger crossing open to residents of Gaza, is open in both directions for travel, terminal director Ayyoub Abu Shaar said.</p>
<p>The crossing was closed on Sunday amid a security alert in the northern Sinai. Egyptian security sources said earlier its reopening depended on the security situation.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Israeli authorities closed its commercial terminal into Gaza Kerem Shalom on Monday, a liaison official said.</p>
<p>Crossings officer Raed Fattouh said Israeli officials informed them the crossing would be closed because missiles fired from Gaza landed near the crossing.</p>
<p>Before a truce brokered late Saturday, Gaza militant groups fired dozens of rockets into Gaza as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, killing at least 12 Palestinians.</p>
<p>An Israeli army spokeswoman said four rockets fired from Gaza landed in Israel on Sunday.</p>
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