Israel reopened the Gaza-Egypt border to pedestrians Monday, allowing Palestinians to leave or return to the enclave after fleeing Tel Aviv's genocidal war.
The reopening of the Rafah border crossing will be limited, with Israel demanding security checks for Palestinians entering and exiting. Israel and Egypt were expected to impose caps on the number of travellers.
Israel seized the border crossing in May 2024, about nine months into the Gaza war that was brought to a tenuous halt by an October cease-fire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Rafah's reopening was an important requirement under the first phase of Trump's broader plan to stop fighting between Israel and Hamas.
An Israeli security official said that European monitoring teams had arrived at the crossing, which "has now opened to the movement of residents, for both entry and exit."
Foreign journos barred
