The Israeli military revised on Tuesday a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in the Gaza Strip head to Egypt, saying in a follow-up statement that the main crossing on that border was currently closed. Read more at straitstimes.com.
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians gather around the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli strikes, in the southern Gaza Strip October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military revised on Tuesday a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in the Gaza Strip head to Egypt, saying in a follow-up statement that the main crossing on that border was currently closed. Briefing foreign reporters, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Hecht said he would advise Palestinian refugees to"get out" through the Rafah crossing on Gaza's southern border with Egypt.
His office then issued a statement."Clarification: The Rafah crossing was open yesterday, but now it is closed," it said. On Monday evening, Egyptian security sources and a witness said operations at Rafah had been disrupted by what they described as a strike on the Gaza side. REUTERSResend verification e-mail
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