• A Palestinian man carries a sleeping girl as he waits with other Palestinians hoping to cross into Egypt to register their names at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities partially reopened Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s main window to the world, on Saturday for three days after 50 days of its closure.
    A Palestinian man carries a sleeping girl as he waits with other Palestinians hoping to cross into Egypt to register their names at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities partially reopened Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s main window to the world, on Saturday for three days after 50 days of its closure.
  • Two Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt wait with suitcases at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Two Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt wait with suitcases at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Palestinians hoping to cross into Egypt wait behind a barbed wire fence at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Palestinians hoping to cross into Egypt wait behind a barbed wire fence at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Two Palestinian girls hoping to cross into Egypt wait inside a bus at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Two Palestinian girls hoping to cross into Egypt wait inside a bus at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Palestinian children hoping to cross into Egypt wait, surrounded by luggage, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Palestinian children hoping to cross into Egypt wait, surrounded by luggage, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
  • A Palestinian girl rests as others hoping to cross into Egypt wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities partially reopened Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s main window to the world, on Saturday.
    A Palestinian girl rests as others hoping to cross into Egypt wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities partially reopened Rafah border crossing, Gaza’s main window to the world, on Saturday.
  • Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt are seen through a window as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt are seen through a window as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Two Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt shout toward border officials, as they wait with other Palestinians to register their names at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.
    Two Palestinian women hoping to cross into Egypt shout toward border officials, as they wait with other Palestinians to register their names at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip.

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In pictures: Gazans stream across Rafah crossing

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Passage to Egypt to last for three days and will be limited to those seeking medical treatment, students going to their places of study, foreigners and in cases deemed as humanitarian. Photos by Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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