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Eight children who were evacuated to Egypt via the Rafah Border Crossing in 2023 and reunite with their families at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, on 30 March 2026. [Getty]
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Humanitarian aid trucks, crossing from Egypt to Rafah Border Crossing, wait on the border after the announcement of ceasefire and hostage-swap deal between Hamas and Israel on January 19, 2025 in Egypt. (Photo by Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty)
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Patients in Gaza head to the Rafah Border Crossing for evacuation
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Egypt open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip after several day
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Cancer patients in Gaza try to cling to life with limited treatment
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Palestinian patients transferred for medical evacuation from Gaza
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Israel kills Gaza teenager as row erupts over 'PA' admin logo

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03 February, 2026
Egyptian ambulances and medical teams affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Health cross through the Rafah Border Gate, Gaza's gateway on the Egyptian border, in Egypt on February 3, 2026.
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Gaza: Just 12 Palestinians cross Rafah on first day of reopening

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03 February, 2026
Patients from Gaza wait to enter Egypt for treatment
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Gazans begin crossing to Egypt for treatment after partial Rafah reopening

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02 February, 2026
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Israel 'bombs school', kills child in latest Gaza truce breach

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02 February, 2026
Trial Opening Of The Rafah Crossing Between Egypt and Gaza
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Gaza's Rafah crossing makes limited reopening after two-year war

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02 February, 2026
Israel reopens Gaza's Rafah crossing in pilot operation
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Reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing expected Monday: officials

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01 February, 2026
Trial Opening of the border crossing Between Egypt and Gaza
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Israel partially reopens Rafah crossing after bloody day in Gaza

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01 February, 2026
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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Palestinians in Gaza await Rafah crossing reopening

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A new convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing, following the implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, seen from Rafah, Egypt on October 27, 2025
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Is Israel opening the Rafah border to depopulate Gaza?

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Israeli army launches heavy attacks on Gaza since morning despite ceasefire
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Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza, series of explosions in Iran

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People inspect one of the tents, housing displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza Strip, on January 30, 2026, following Israeli strikes. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli fire kills 5 in Gaza as Rafah crossing to reopen Sunday

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A Palestinian man works on the roof of a destroyed building by the Israeli military while another watches in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
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Israel 'to allow reconstruction' in Rafah amid UN school plan

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