<p>Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza Saturday to allow 10 ambulances to transport Palestinians seriously wounded in Israeli airstrikes to Egyptian hospitals, medical officials said.</p>.<p>Egypt "exceptionally opened the Rafah crossing to allow 10 Egyptian ambulances into the Gaza Strip to transport wounded Palestinians... to be treated in Egypt," a medical official said.</p>.<p>An official at the Gaza border said the opening was "exceptional" because it is usually closed during public holidays including Eid al-Fitr, this year running from Wednesday to Sunday in Egypt.</p>.<p>The Egyptian public health authority said Friday that the holiday was being suspended for some Egyptian doctors and nurses in preparation to receive "those coming from the Gaza Strip".<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/israel-palestine-conflict-live-updates-hamas-attack-jerusalem-sheikh-jarrah-gaza-west-bank-rocket-attack-palestine-news-arabs-jews-986100.html" target="_blank"><strong>GET ALL THE LIVE UPDATES OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT HERE</strong></a></p>.<p>The Rafah border crossing is usually open on working days.</p>.<p>Medical officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed 139 people, including 39 children, since Monday. Around 950 people have been wounded.</p>.<p>Rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups have killed nine people in Israel, including a child and a soldier.</p>.<p>The strikes were retaliation for the Palestinian group Hamas launching rockets on Israel after Israeli police moved in on Palestinian worshippers in the Al-Aqsa mosque and cracked down on protests against planned Israeli expulsions of Palestinians from their homes in annexed east Jerusalem.</p>.<p>The grand imam of Egypt's famed Al-Azhar mosque and university, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, late Friday launched a campaign on social media in "support the Palestinian people".</p>.<p>"Stop the killing," he said.</p>.<p>"Enough with silence and double standards if we are really working towards peace."</p>
<p>Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza Saturday to allow 10 ambulances to transport Palestinians seriously wounded in Israeli airstrikes to Egyptian hospitals, medical officials said.</p>.<p>Egypt "exceptionally opened the Rafah crossing to allow 10 Egyptian ambulances into the Gaza Strip to transport wounded Palestinians... to be treated in Egypt," a medical official said.</p>.<p>An official at the Gaza border said the opening was "exceptional" because it is usually closed during public holidays including Eid al-Fitr, this year running from Wednesday to Sunday in Egypt.</p>.<p>The Egyptian public health authority said Friday that the holiday was being suspended for some Egyptian doctors and nurses in preparation to receive "those coming from the Gaza Strip".<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/israel-palestine-conflict-live-updates-hamas-attack-jerusalem-sheikh-jarrah-gaza-west-bank-rocket-attack-palestine-news-arabs-jews-986100.html" target="_blank"><strong>GET ALL THE LIVE UPDATES OF ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT HERE</strong></a></p>.<p>The Rafah border crossing is usually open on working days.</p>.<p>Medical officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed 139 people, including 39 children, since Monday. Around 950 people have been wounded.</p>.<p>Rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups have killed nine people in Israel, including a child and a soldier.</p>.<p>The strikes were retaliation for the Palestinian group Hamas launching rockets on Israel after Israeli police moved in on Palestinian worshippers in the Al-Aqsa mosque and cracked down on protests against planned Israeli expulsions of Palestinians from their homes in annexed east Jerusalem.</p>.<p>The grand imam of Egypt's famed Al-Azhar mosque and university, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, late Friday launched a campaign on social media in "support the Palestinian people".</p>.<p>"Stop the killing," he said.</p>.<p>"Enough with silence and double standards if we are really working towards peace."</p>