El-ARISH
Seven members of Egyptian troops who had been abducted on May 16 by a group of gunmen in Egypt's Sinai peninsula were released, sources said.
Security sources said the Egyptian troops were freed in an area south of Rafah, near the border with Israel early morning on Wednesday.
Kidnapped troops arrived at the security control point and were taken to the police department.
Rafah border crossing which had been blocked following the abduction of 7 Egyptian security forces in the Sinai peninsula has been reported to be opened again.
Egyptian policemen had placed barbed wire across the entrance to the border, and closed the gates with chains, leaving a great number of Palestinians stranded on both sides of the border.
