Israel will reopen Rafah crossing, and Palestinian refugees in Egypt will be able to return to Gaza

Rafah crossing gate, on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, south of Palestinian territory. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo Israel will reopen the Rafah crossing on Sunday (1st) to allow the movement of people between Gaza and Egypt, the Israeli government agency responsible for coordinating civil policy in Gaza, COGAT, said on Friday (30th). READ ALSO: Israel announces that it has recovered remains of the last hostage held by the group “The return of residents of Egypt to the Gaza Strip will be permitted, in coordination with Egypt, only for residents who left Gaza during the course of the war, and only after prior security authorization by Israel,” COGAT said. See the videos that are trending on g1 The Rafah crossing is, in practice, the only route into and out of Gaza for the vast majority of the territory’s more than 2 million inhabitants. Israel took control of the border crossing in May 2024, about nine months after the war in Gaza began. The reopening was a key requirement in the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, which followed a ceasefire agreed in October. Israel had stated that it would only reopen the crossing after recovering the body of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza, which occurred this week.

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