US officials are still working Monday morning to reopen the Rafah gate for civilians to leave Gaza into Egypt, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, APA reports.
They have been trying to get wounded civilians to the gate, the source said, after Hamas' closure of the route this weekend in the wake of an Israeli strike on an ambulance. Israeli officials claimed it was identified as "being used by a Hamas terrorist cell."
The Israeli government is not the hold up on the reopening of the gate to allow civilians, including the wounded, to leave, the source said.
The crossing into Egypt – the only way out of Gaza since Israel closed its two crossings – shut on Saturday and did not open on Sunday.
A breakthrough was reached last week to allow foreign passport holders and a group of critically injured civilians to depart through Rafah, with the first group departing last Wednesday.
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