Tel Aviv: Israel have threatened Egypt if it tried to bring aid to Ghaza then it will conduct bombardment on Trucks.
After threatening of Israel Egypt has closed Rafa Crossing for indifinite period.
Egypt has closed its border crossings with the Gaza Strip after Israel threatened Egypt not to send aid to Ghaza, in case the aid reached Gaza it will start bombardment in Egypt while two more areas serve as gateways for travellers in the towns of Rafah and Taba, Egyptian security officials said on Tuesday.
Israeli authorities have also stepped up patrols along Egypt’s borders with Gaza to prevent any infiltrations by Hamas Mujahideen into Israel.
Troops deployed in the area have been placed on high alert and given permission to use deadly force against suspicious movements by anyone who approaches
Videos on social media shared this morning showed residents of Gaza struggling to cross the border into Egypt as Rafah Crossing was closed. It’s not clear if any have managed to cross into Egypt or not. pic.twitter.com/o48CHok6WK
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The attack left hundreds dead from both sides in what has been recognised as Israel’s bloodiest day since Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack against the Israeli army 50 years ago.
While Rafah is chiefly used by Palestinians from Gaza, the Taba crossing on the northern tip of the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba is mostly used by Israeli tourists who visit the sandy beaches and pristine blue waters of resorts in southern Sinai, including Dahab and Sharm El Sheikh.
The other two crossings are the commercial border post of Karam Abu Salem, which lies where Gaza, Egypt and Israel meet, and Al Ouga, on the Egyptian-Israeli border.
Egyptian officials said the Rafah crossing was closed late on Monday night after nearby “explosions” on the Gaza side of the border damaged the facility. They gave no further details.
The closures followed a stern warning by Egypt against what it called attempts to force Palestinians in the Gaza Strip into Sinai in a “mass movement” to escape the shelling and air strikes.
Quoting unnamed Egyptian sources, the statement “emphasised the danger of calls for mass population movement that will empty the (Gaza) Strip and liquidate the Palestinian issue itself. Moreover, Egyptian sovereignty is not fair game.
The closure of the Sinai crossings means the narrow coastal strip is now besieged. Israel on Monday announced a blockade of Gaza.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military revised a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in the Gaza Strip head to Egypt.
Briefing foreign reporters, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht initially said he would advise Palestinian refugees to “get out” through the Rafah crossing on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. His office later issued a statement, saying: “Clarification: The Rafah crossing was open yesterday, but now it is closed.”
The Egyptian statement was issued hours before the comments made by Lt-Col Hect.
Egypt has in the past expressed alarm that Israel was considering resettling Gaza’s Palestinians in the sparsely populated Sinai, and those of the West Bank in Jordan.
