Israel to reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing, closed again during Iran war

Israel has announced that the Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, closed at the start of the war with Iran, will open on Wednesday, the Israeli authority responsible for Palestinian affairs, COGAT, said.

In coordination with Egypt and under the supervision of an EU mission, limited two-way movement of people will then once again be permitted, COGAT said.

Israel initially closed all crossings into the coastal strip on February 28 with the start of the Israeli-American attacks on Iran, due to the threat of rockets, COGAT said at the time.

The Kerem Shalom crossing, which is particularly important for supplies from Israel into the largely destroyed Gaza Strip with around 2 million residents, was reopened for goods traffic on March 3.