Egypt opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave the coastal territory in a goodwill gesture before a holy Muslim month.

Egypt opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip  on Saturday

Palestinians who live abroad and Egyptians stuck in Gaza because of the sealed border were shipped to the Gaza-Egypt crossing in buses by Hamas police. Some 1-thousand residents had left for Egypt by Saturday afternoon and an additional 500 Palestinians entered Gaza from Egypt.

Over Saturday and Sunday, Egypt will allow Palestinian students enrolled in universities abroad to leave Gaza, along with those with foreign residencies and work visas.

Egypt opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip  on Saturday