Gaza, Israeli raid within the middle of the Strip. The Rafah crossing with Egypt reopens on Sunday | EUROtoday

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The Israeli Air Force killed 4 gunmen within the middle of the Gaza Strip. According to what was reported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a word, they had been “four terrorists” who had been approaching Israeli troopers engaged within the space. The episode takes place in a context nonetheless marked by robust tensions on the bottom, regardless of the ceasefire in drive.

On a diplomatic and humanitarian degree, Israel introduced on Friday that it’ll reopen the Rafah pedestrian crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt, the Strip’s primary gateway to the surface, over the weekend. The reopening, scheduled for Sunday, will permit a “limited movement of people”, after an nearly whole closure that lasted about two years.

This was made recognized by Cogat, the physique of the Israeli Ministry of Defense accountable for coordinating support in Gaza. According to the official assertion, each Israel and Egypt will perform checks on Palestinians getting into and exiting, whereas the supervision of the crossing will probably be entrusted to European brokers. Further checks will probably be carried out by Israel within the adjoining hall, which stays beneath Israeli army management.

The Rafah crossing had been closed nearly utterly since May 2024, when Israel took management of it, claiming the necessity to counter the smuggling of weapons by Hamas. Only throughout a short respite in early 2025 was it briefly reopened to permit the evacuation of medical sufferers.

The choice to reopen the crossing comes after the restoration on Monday of the stays of the final Israeli hostage held in Gaza. The subsequent day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu anticipated that Rafah can be reopened in a “limited and controlled” method.