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Gaza’s Rafah crossing set to reopen Saturday, to be run by PA with EU monitors
[IsraelTimes] Officials say crossing will initially be opened for 50 injured Hamas operatives and 50 wounded civiliansGazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... ’s Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt is set to reopen Saturday under the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas  ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,.... It will be run by Paleostinian Authority representatives alongside monitors from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , according to officials familiar with the discussions. "The mediators informed Hamas of Israel’s approval to open Rafah crossing tomorrow, Saturday, after the completion of the fourth batch of prisoner exchange," a Hamas official told AFP. The source explained that injured Paleostinians would be evacuated through the crossing, "as per the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement." The Rafah Crossing with Egypt was one of the main entry points into the Gaza Strip and a vital conduit for aid, but the border has been closed since Israeli forces seized it in May last year, largely due to Egyptian refusal to keep the passage open so long as Israeli forces held it. The European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that the 27-member bloc had deployed a monitoring mission at the crossing "at the request of the Paleostinians and the Israelis." "It will support Paleostinian border personnel and allow the transfer of individuals out of Gaza, including those who need medical care," she wrote on X. Egyptian security sources confirmed that members of the EU team had arrived at the facility. The crossing will now be run by members of the Paleostinian Authority and European monitors, PA and Hamas officials said. People will only be allowed to travel in one direction, from Gaza to Egypt, for the time being, officials said. It will be opened initially for 50 injured Hamas operatives and 50 maimed civilians, along with the people escorting them, the officials said, adding that a further 100 people, most likely students, would be allowed through on humanitarian grounds. Gaza’s health ministry said the transportation of patients from two hospitals in the north and south of the enclave would be coordinated with the World Health Organization. A civilian EU mission to help monitor the Rafah Crossing began work there in 2005 but was suspended in June 2007 after Hamas In standby mode thereafter, the mission had maintained 10 international and eight local staff. Spain, Italia and La Belle France are now contributing personnel to the renewed mission. The Spanish contingent comprises eight security specialists and two agents assigned to the border management team, joining two Spanish members of the mission already deployed there, the foreign and interior ministries in Madrid said. La Belle France said it had deployed three gendarmes specialized in border policing on Friday as part of the EU mission, while Italia said it had sent seven paramilitary Carabinieri officers to join two Italians already at the Rafah mission. German ministries are also discussing sending a contingent. Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-01 |
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