Rafah Border Opens for those Returning from Egyptian Medical Treatment

Palestinian boys sit under a destroyed section of the Gazan border fence separating Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip at Rafah on 18 June 2008, as an Egyptian look-out tower looms in the background.

Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip today, a security official said, to allow Palestinians to return to Gaza, after receiving medical treatment.

A Palestinian boy climbs on a destroyed section of the Gazan border fence separating Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip at Rafah.

The military towers on the Egyptian side of the border, is there to protect Egypt from Mahmoud Abbas terrorists, who would try to infiltrate into Egypt for terrorist activities.