Egypt is to close the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice on Monday, Egyptian security sources said.
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According to two Egyptian security sources, the closure was made for security reasons following an escalation on Saturday https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/two-palestinians-israeli-soldier-seriously-injured-gaza-crossfire-2021-08-21 between Israel and Hamas, with Israeli aircraft striking sites in Gaza after gunfire across Gaza's border with Israel earlier in the day.
Egypt had opened the crossing indefinitely https://www.reuters.com/article/palestinians-politics-egypt-int-idUSKBN2A91J7 in February in what was described as an effort to encourage negotiations between Palestinian factions meeting at the time in Cairo.
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