US EditionGaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited traffic in key step for ceasefire
The reopening allows limited medical evacuations and passenger movement under strict Israeli security checks as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire’s second phase.
- On Feb 2, Egyptian and Israeli security officials said Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened for limited traffic, a key step as the ceasefire moves into its second phase.
- Following diplomatic pressure and conditions, Israel had resisted reopening, but recovery of the last hostage's remains last week cleared the way for the U.S.-brokered ceasefire's second phase.
- Israel and Egypt will vet travelers, with EU supervision and a small Palestinian presence, as an Egyptian official said 50 Palestinians would cross in each direction on Monday.
- Ambulances queued on the Egyptian side as Gaza health officials say about 20,000 patients await evacuation, but only 3,100 patients previously managed to exit, limiting immediate impact.
- With Israel retaining frontier control, recent Israeli airstrikes that killed at least 30 people indicate a risk of return to war, and Israel's risk assessment will determine flow increases.
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Dozen Palestinians Reenter Gaza via Rafah Crossing, Say Egyptian Media
A dozen Palestinian returnees entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah crossing on Feb. 2 after the border point reopened for limited pedestrian traffic a day earlier, Egyptian state media reported. Al-Qahera News satellite channel said on Feb. 3 that a bus carrying 12 returning passengers arrived in Gaza via the Rafah land crossing. The channel also reported that Egyptian authorities received the first group of injured and sick Pales…
Twelve people, wounded and their companions, entered Egypt from the Gaza Strip on the first Monday of the very limited reopening of the Rafah crossing, declared Tuesday at AFP a source at the border.
Israeli authorities have reopened the only crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt for an initially limited number of people. More than two months after the UN resolution on the peace plan, Europe's press is making a sceptical assessment of the situation on the ground.
Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing on Monday after months of closure. Only a small number of Palestinians were able to cross due to strict Israeli security requirements. Journalists are still denied access to Gaza.
After almost two years of total closure, the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was partially reopened in both directions on Monday. In Gaza, 150 civilians in need of care received their safe driving, while 50 were allowed to go in the other direction. This reopening remains very controlled by the Israeli authorities. - "It's like a dream": in Gaza, the images of the first passages to Egypt after twenty months of closure (Internatio…
Twelve people entered Egypt from the Gaza Strip on the first Monday of the very limited reopening of the Rafah crossing.
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