June 8, 2011

Egypt reopens the Rafah crossing (closed on 6/4) after reaching an agmt. with Hamas to allow 550 Gazans/day to enter Egypt and to extend the crossing’s operating hours. In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches nr. Bethlehem. (MNA 6/8; MNA, NYT, PCHR 6/9; PCHR 6/16; OCHA 6/24)