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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Luggage for pilgrims from Gaza burnt during their return from performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia via Egypt, in turn sparking anger among Palestinians in the besieged enclave towards the Egyptian government and their treatment of Palestinian travellers. On Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments announced that they were informed by Egyptian authorities that “when the truck carrying luggage arrived at the Sebeka area in Al-Arish, it caught fire, from an electrical short circuit.” Warood Mohammed, from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, was among dozens of pilgrims who lost their lugg…