CAIRO
Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Friday.
"The terminal will be closed today and will be reopened partially on Saturday," Maher Abu Sabha, the director of crossings in the Hamas government, told the Anadolu Agency.
He said the gate will be permanently opened on Saturday.
"But it will only be used for humanitarian cases and those travelling abroad," he said.
The Egyptian army closed the Rafah border gate on Friday, two days after the overthrow of elected president Mohammad Morsi.
It remained closed for five consecutive days.
The border terminal was partially opened on Thursday to allow stranded Palestinians to cross.
"No information is yet available whether the terminal will be opened Saturday or not," Egyptian sources told AA.
More than 3,000 Palestinians are currently stranded on the Egyptian and Gazan sides.
Rafah crossing is Gaza's only gateway to the outside world as Israeli government blocks all other border entrances.
