Gaza's Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt Reopens for Limited Traffic in Key Step for Ceasefire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The territory's handful of other crossings are all shared with Israel.
47% : Israel has said it and Egypt will vet people for exit and entry through the crossing, which will be supervised by European Union border patrol agents with a small Palestinian presence.
47% : Under the ceasefire terms, Israel's military controls the area between the Rafah crossing and the zone where most Palestinians live.
46% : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also said that Israel will allow 50 patients a day to leave.
46% : Israel had resisted reopening the Rafah crossing, but the recovery of the remains of the last hostage in Gaza last week cleared the way to move forward.
44% : Fearing that Israel could use the crossing to push Palestinians out of the enclave, Egypt has repeatedly said it must be open for them to enter and exit Gaza.
33% : The truce's first phase called for the exchange of all hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinians held by Israel, an increase in badly needed humanitarian aid and a partial pullback of Israeli troops.
24% : The current ceasefire halted more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas that began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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