Cairo: Egypt has eased longtime visa restrictions on Palestinians travelling from Gaza, allowing travellers under the age of 40 to enter its territory without a visa.
“We were officially informed by the Egyptian side of a decision to allow any Palestinian under the age of 40 to travel through Rafah with his family without a visa, starting today,” RT quoted Maher Abu Sabha, director of borders within Gaza’s Hamas-run government, as saying.
Earlier in 2011, Cairo permanently reopened the Rafah crossing without lifting heavy restrictions.
Under the old rules, Palestinians under 40 had to be escorted by security agents to or from Gaza’s border to ensure they spent no time on Egyptian territory.
More than 20,000 Gazans are on a two-month waiting list to exit the territory, Abu Sabha, said.
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