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Erin Prater

Rafah border crossing will 'hopefully' open Friday, WHO officials say, as an expanded humanitarian crisis looms

(Credit: Mohammed Abed—AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt's Rafah crossing—the only viable entry point into the besieged Gaza Strip—will "hopefully" open tomorrow, World Health Organization officials said at a Thursday news conference.

The United Nations agency has supplies sufficient to care for 2,000 patients waiting on the Egyptian side of the border, with 80,000 additional pounds of supplies set to arrive over the next week, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the news conference.

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