US EditionIsrael will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday, after nearly 2 years of closure
- On Sunday, February 1, 2026, COGAT announced the Rafah crossing would reopen on a trial basis, coordinated with the EU, after Israel recovered the last hostage's remains.
- After recovering the last Israeli hostage's remains last week, Israel moved to reopen Rafah crossing, seized in May 2024 and nearly closed for over two years.
- Few people will be allowed at first and no goods will be permitted through the crossing, while Israel and Egypt will vet travellers and European Union border patrol agents supervise, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 50 patients a day may leave Gaza.
- About 20,000 Palestinian children and adults needing medical care hope to leave Gaza, while about 200 patients are waiting to be permitted, and the NCAG is not expected on Sunday, travel begins Monday.
- The move advances the US-brokered ceasefire, which took effect October 10, into its second phase, with Hazem Qassem urging mediators to monitor Rafah, and Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs setting a February 28 deadline for MSF's Gaza work.
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Gaza's Rafah crossing prepares for limited travel to resume on Monday
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Israel partially reopens Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt on trial basis
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Israel is forcing Doctors Without Borders out of Gaza on 28 February
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Israel has reopened the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip very partially. According to Palestinian images and sources interviewed, tankers and ambulances crossed
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