Dozens of students in the Gaza Strip have staged a demonstration outside the closed gate of Rafah crossing with Egypt, demanding the reopening of the gateway.On Monday, the students gathered at the crossing, carrying Palestinian and Egyptian flags which read, "I want to exercise my right in education" and "open Rafah crossing."
On September 11, Egyptian authorities shut down Rafah crossing following deadly bomb attacks in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Eleven people, including seven civilians, were killed and 17 others injured in two car bomb attacks targeting the headquarters of Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai.
On Sunday, Barakat al-Farra, the Palestinian ambassador to Egypt, said, "There are Egyptian assurances that the crossing will reopen soon," adding that traveling will remain restricted to humanitarian cases, holders of foreign passports, and students "until the situation in Sinai improves."
The Rafah crossing is Gazas sole gateway to the outside world as many people in the blockaded Palestinian coastal enclave avoid traveling through the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing in northern Gaza.
Egyptian military has tightened the restriction in Rafah and created hardships for Gazans in the aftermath of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's ouster.
The Israeli regime imposed a land, aerial, and naval blockade on Gaza in June 2007 after the democratically-elected Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, took over the administration of the territory.
By Press TV
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