Most of the Palestinians who sought entry to Gaza on the first day of the Rafah crossing's opening were sent back to the Egyptian side, The National has been told.
Border officials said 38 of the 50 Palestinians who passed from Egypt to Israeli checkpoints in Gaza on Monday were sent back to the Egyptian side around dawn on Tuesday, with instructions to wait for permission to re-enter the enclave.
At the same time, minibuses carrying another group of 50 hopeful Gazans reached the crossing, a border official confirmed. He said that because the reopening deal allowed only 50 people a day to cross into Gaza, some members of the second group would most probably have to wait overnight as well.
According to Egyptian and Palestinian officials at the crossing, only women and children in the first batch were allowed to enter Gaza, while men were turned back to wait on the Egyptian side of the border.
Several of the women allowed into Gaza described a harrowing experience at th
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