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Wed, 2010-04-07 02:00
Egyptian officials authorized a rare opening of the Rafah crossing Tuesday so the 11-day-old girls, their parents and a medical team could enter Egypt. A special Saudi medical plane then brought them to the Kingdom.
Khaled Al-Mirghalani, spokesman of the Health Ministry, confirmed the twins had arrived and been taken to the National Guard Hospital in the capital, Riyadh.
The girls, Rital and Ritaj, were born in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis on March 27, joined at the chest and sharing a small intestine. Each girl has a heart, lungs and other organs, increasing chances they’ll be able to survive separately, said Ayman Abu Amouna, the doctor who oversaw their care in Gaza.
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