Israel will allow Gaza's Rafah crossing to open and will ramp up aid, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority
Rafah crossing reopens only for people movement after Hamas returns bodies of eight Israeli hostages amid US-backed ceasefire and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, officials said.
- Israel has decided to open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza after the return of four hostage bodies.
- Around 600 aid trucks will be dispatched to Gaza by the UN, international organizations, the private sector and donor countries.
- If Hamas does not disarm, Trump said, 'we will disarm them, and it will happen quickly and perhaps violently.
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Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world
By FATMA KHALED, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war. The crossing between Gaza and Egypt will probably reopen Sunday, Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday, though it wasn’t clear if it will be opened for both …
Pressure Grows on Israel to Allow More Aid into Gaza
Pressure is growing on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza as the ceasefire continues to hold. On Tuesday, Israel told the United Nations it would allow only half of the 600 daily aid trucks called for under the deal. Israel had accused Hamas of moving too slowly to release the bodies of dead captives as part of the deal. On Tuesday night, Hamas handed over four more bodies. Israel said three of the bodies have been identified, but the fourth bod…
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