US EditionGaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited traffic in key step for ceasefire
- 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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Gaza’s border crossing to Egypt reopens in a key step for truce but few Palestinians can cross
CAIRO — Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through. An Egyptian official said 50 Palestinians were expected to cross in each direction on the first day of Rafah’s operation. Within the first few hours of the opening, no one was seen crossing in or out of…
Gaza's Rafah border reopening long awaited by stranded Palestinians
Cut off from family or urgently requiring hospital care, Palestinians stranded on each side of Gaza's Rafah crossing waited with growing desperation for Monday's reopening of the border as a delayed part of October's ceasefire deal.
The only Gaza-Egypt border crossing was partially reopened on Monday morning, after Israel closed it almost two years ago, according to an Israeli security official, allowing a small number of Palestinians to enter and leave the war-torn enclave. The European Union is operating the Rafah crossing as a final step in the first phase of the US-mediated ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which came into force in mid-October. The key crossing, which has be…
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