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Head of new Gaza leadership Ali Shaath says Rafah Crossing opens 'window of hope' for Gazans

Israel fully reopened the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, a day after rolling out a limited, one-day pilot on Sunday to address potential logistical issues.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
A Palestinian patient, accompanied by relatives, waits to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025

Rafah Border Crossing will be test for Gaza’s next stage - analysis

Regional expectations are growing that the Rafah crossing will reopen this week, but doubts remain over how fully Israel will allow movement, as the ceasefire enters a critical stage.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A Palestinian man is seen detained by the IDF in Rafah, Gaza, in the summer of 2024.

US pressuring Israel to allow terrorists behind Yellow Line safe passage - report

Despite Israel’s opposition to allowing the terrorists to cross, US officials have continued to pressure the Jewish state, citing Hamas’s willingness to release the bodies of the remaining hostages.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shajaiyah, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

Egypt's proposal for holed-up Hamas terrorists: Hand over weapons, locate Rafah tunnels to exit

Two of the sources said the Hamas fighters in Rafah, which the group's armed wing has said have been out of contact since March, might be unaware that a ceasefire was in place.

|ByREUTERS

Palestinian students and pilgrimage-seekers protest closed Rafah crossing

Egyptian official says Rafah border may be opened to accommodate pilgrimage requests; Students protest "lost dreams" with symbolic tossing of fake diplomas into sea.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A Palestinian boy is seen at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.