Palestinian officials say Egypt has briefly opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
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Global Media Forum in Bonn wraps up second day ... to be let through. The Rafah crossing was completely closed last year when Hamas routed the security forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and ousted his Fatah movement from the Gaza Strip.
(Deutsche Welle)
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