Israel announced this Sunday a partial reopening of Rafah border crossingwhich connects Gaza with Egypt for Wednesday. This after the closure imposed on February 28 at the start of the war against Iran.
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“The Rafah border crossing will reopen to traffic in both directions starting next Wednesday, only for the limited movement of people,” the FORCES.
Let us remember that COGAT is an organization dependent on the Israeli Ministry of Defense and competent in civil affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories.
This crossing serves as the only route that connects Gaza with the outside that does not pass through Israel and that It had reopened for human traffic on February 2. This almost two years after Israeli forces took control of this pass during the war with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
At the time, Israel took the Rafah crossing alleging possible arms smuggling to support Hamas. The closure of this step resulted in a wave of criticism from the international community, since it was more used for the entry of humanitarian aid.
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Finally, the United Nations asked Israel to carry out an investigation “comprehensive and transparent” about the bombing at this rate with Egypt.
(With information from AFP)
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