Gaza, Israel will reopen the Rafah crossing with Egypt | EUROtoday

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Israel agreed to reopen the Rafah crossingbetween the Gaza Strip and Egypt, when the seek for the final deceased hostage nonetheless to be recovered will probably be concluded, policeman Ran Gvili. The prime minister’s workplace introduced this in a single day, specifying that the passage will probably be restricted to folks and topic to Israeli supervision.

According to the be aware, the opening is conditional on Hamas making an effort “100 percent” to find Gvili’s physique, even when it’s not conditional on its precise discovery. The crossing will probably be activated solely after the completion of an operation that goals to “make full use of all intelligence information obtained as part of the efforts to locate and recover the hostage’s body”.

The announcement got here on the finish of a safety cupboard assembly dedicated to the prospect of reopening the border after final week Ali Shaath – head of a US-backed transitional Palestinian committee tasked with briefly administering Gaza – had mentioned Rafah can be reopened this week. Shortly earlier than the cupboard assembly, the prime minister’s workplace introduced the launch of a “large-scale operation” over the weekend, centered on a cemetery within the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, following new info on the situation of the physique.

The crossing, on the Gaza entrance, is underneath Israeli navy management from 2024 and remained one of many key unresolved parts of the ceasefire brokered by Trump in October 2025.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities additionally gave the order to block for an additional 90 days entry to the web sites and YouTube channels of the broadcasters Al Jazeera – which is predicated in Qatar – and AleLebanese. The measures prolong the restrictions launched over two years in the past with the entry into drive of the so-called “Al Jazeera law”, which prohibits the published of the 2 networks’ tv channels inside Israel.