Authorities plan to open the Rafah border crossing in both directions Tuesday after a nine-day closure that followed a deadly attack on a military checkpoint that left 16 security officers dead, an official at the crossing told Egyptian news agency MENA. Maher Abu Sabha, head of the Gaza Strip border crossings, had previously said the border would open in both directions before Eid al-Fitr. Egyptian authorities decided to re-open the Rafah crossing Friday in one direction, from Egypt to Gaza, after completely closing it last week in the aftermath of an attack on a military checkpoint in Rafah that killed 16 Egyptian security officers.