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EU restarts border crossing monitoring mission in Gaza’s Rafah

The European Union has restarted its civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.

“The EU’s civilian border mission deploys today to the Rafah Crossing at the request of the Palestinians and the Israelis. It will support Palestinian border personnel and allow the transfer of individuals out of Gaza, including those who need medical care,” she said on X.



Egyptians protest at Gaza border over Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians

Hundreds of people have attended the protest against the plan floated by the US president to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, according to the Egyptian media.

State-linked TV Al-Qahera News showed footage of protesters waving Egyptian and Palestinian flags near the Rafah border crossing – a highly secured military zone accessible only under official escort.

Trump last week proposed a plan to “clean out” the Gaza Strip, and for Jordan and Egypt to take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged territory. Both states have strongly rejected the idea, but yesterday Trump again insisted that “we do a lot for them, and they’re going to do it”.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday had said the “displacement of the Palestinian people from their land is an injustice that we cannot take part in”.

Egypt is a key US ally in the region, and was the only country besides Israel to receive an exemption from Trump’s foreign aid freeze last week.


Trump doubled down on his proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza despite Jordan and Egypt rejecting the idea


WHO calls for ‘accelerated pace of medical evacuations’ out of Gaza

The World Health Organization has welcomed the planned medical evacuation of 50 patients through the Rafah crossing on Saturday.

“An estimated 12,000 to 14,000 people still require medical evacuation outside Gaza,” it said in a post on X. “WHO calls for an accelerated pace of medical evacuations through all possible routes, including the resumption of referrals to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”