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In this Tuesday, May 22, 2018 photo, Hamed al-Shaer, 34, waits for a permit to cross the border to Egypt. in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has opened Rafah for the duration of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, temporarily easing a border blockade of Gaza it has enforced, along with Israel, for the past 11 years. But thousands of people hoping to travel are on a waiting list, a backlog accumulated over long periods of Rafah closures, and Egyptian border officials are processing them at an excruciatingly slow pace. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In this Tuesday, May 22, 2018 photo, Hamed al-Shaer, 34, waits for a permit to cross the border to Egypt. in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has opened Rafah for the duration of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, temporarily easing a border blockade of Gaza it has enforced, along with Israel, for the past 11 years. But thousands of people hoping to travel are on a waiting list, a backlog accumulated over long periods of Rafah closures, and Egyptian border officials are processing them at an excruciatingly slow pace. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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