Soft power rivalry in the Maghreb
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Twenty-one cancer patients crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday through the Kerem Shalomcrossing, a medical source in Egypt's El-Arish city said.
"They will be transported to the United Arab Emirates for treatment," the
source went on to add.
It is the first evacuation from Gaza since the Rafah border crossing was
closed in early May, when Israeli forces took over the Palestinian side of the
terminal.
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