Slow movement at Gaza border after Israel reopens Rafah crossing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Five patients seeking to leave Gaza for health treatment, each escorted by two relatives, were driven to the crossing compound from the Gaza side in a vehicle escorted by World Health Organization personnel, health officials said.
53% : At the crossing they will have to pass through three separate gates, including one administered by the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority under supervision of a European Union task force but controlled remotely by Israel.
50% : While it was closed, only a few thousand were allowed out for medical treatment in third countries through Israel.
47% : Israel's Supreme Court is considering a petition by the Foreign Press Association that demands foreign journalists be allowed to enter Gaza.
45% : Under the first phase of the ceasefire, major combat was halted, hostages held in Gaza were released in return for thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and a surge in humanitarian aid was promised. Israeli forces still hold more than 53% of Gaza's territory, where they have ordered residents out and demolished many remaining buildings.
44% : Hamas has yet to agree to give up its weapons and Israel says it is prepared to restart the war to disarm the group by force.
38% : Reopening the crossing was one of the requirements under the October ceasefire that outlined the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to stop fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.
38% : In the war's early months before Israel shut the crossing, some 100,000 Palestinians exited to Egypt through Rafah.
38% : On Saturday, Israel launched some of its most intense airstrikes since the ceasefire, killing at least 30 people, in what it said was a response to a Hamas violation of the truce.
37% : " Israel seized the border crossing in May 2024, about nine months into the Gaza war.
35% : Israel retaliated, destroying much of Gaza and killing more than 70,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities.
34% : Israel's military had no immediate comment.
33% : The war began when Hamas fighters attacked Israel in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
31% : Despite the reopening of Rafah, Israel is still refusing to allow the entry of foreign journalists, banned from Gaza since the start of the war.

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