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Truck drivers wait next to their vehicles which are transporting humanitarian aid, before entering through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in northeastern Egypt on January 27, 2026, as the vital crossing to the Palestinian territory reopens.
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