In the morning on May 1st, a rocket fell on Rafah airport in the Gaza Strip. That fact was confirmed by the spokesman of Egyptian security forces. According to Egyptian authorities, there were no fatalities as a result of the attack. Two planes were damaged and the building damaged by previous attacks collapsed. One of the planes was a small plane flying between Rafah and Amman and the other one belonged to African BVC transport airlines owned by Barthe Cortes Currently, Rafah is the only Gaza Strips window on the world. The airport has been operating to a limited extent since the Israeli F16 fighter bombed Hamas? positions near the airport. After the bomb attack the airport is still a ruin; its runways are damaged, buildings destroyed. Actually, only one runway may be used, but safe landing requires first-rate skills if one may use the word SAFE at all in that ground zero of the world.police and hospital officials said. The blast, which occurred ...
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