Gaza's border crossing to Egypt reopens in a key step for truce but few Palestinians can cross

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : CAIRO -- Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through.
48% : The territory's handful of other crossings are all shared with Israel.
47% : Historically, Israel and Egypt have vetted Palestinians applying to cross.
45% : Under the terms of the ceasefire, which went into effect in October, Israel's military controls the area between the Rafah crossing and the zone where most Palestinians live.
45% : Israel has said it and Egypt will vet people for exit and entry through the Rafah crossing, which will be supervised by European Union border patrol agents with a small Palestinian presence.
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.
44% : Israel had resisted reopening the Rafah crossing, but the recovery of the remains of the last hostage in Gaza cleared the way to move forward.
38% : A 3-year-old Palestinian was killed Monday when Israel navy hit tents sheltering displaced people on the coast of Gaza's southern city of Khan Yunis, Palestinian hospital authorities said.
36% : Israel's military said it was looking into the incident.
34% : Israel has banned sending patients to hospitals in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem since the war began -- a move that cut off what was previously the main outlet for Palestinians needing medical treatment unavailable in Gaza.
33% : The casualties since the ceasefire, which UNICEF said include more than 100 children, are among the over 71,800 Palestinians killed since the start of Israel's offensive, according to ministry, which does not say how many were fighters or civilians.
33% : Its 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.
26% : The truce 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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