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When will Israel reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing?

rana jamal ahmed al-hashimi — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:41:35 +0000

The Palestinian Authority says it's ready to operate Gaza's only gateway to the outside world.
Gaza is often referred to as the world’s largest open-air prison, trapped between Israel’s blockade, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Rafah border post is the only crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip: a strategic gateway to the outside world.

In 2007, Israel imposed an air, land, and sea blockade on Gaza.

Human Rights Watch says the closure of the Rafah crossing has devastated Gaza’s economy, contributed to the fragmentation of the Palestinian people, and enabled Israel’s system of apartheid – and that was long before Israel’s devastating war.

And despite the United States-brokered ceasefire, Israel has threatened to keep the crossing shut because of delays in returning the remains of its captives.

So, if and when the crossing reopens, how will it operate and who will be in charge?

Presenter: Dareen Abughaida

Guests:

Mustafa Barghouti – Secretary-General at the Palestinian National Initiative

Tahani Mustafa – Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Rob Geist Pinfold – Lecturer of International Security at King’s College London

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Israel kills 85 people in Gaza despite calls for truce from world leaders

rana jamal ahmed al-hashimi — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:27:08 +0000

At least 85 Palestinians killed across the territory, as global leaders demand end to the war at UNGA.
in details At least 12 Palestinians, among them seven women and two children, have been killed in a strike on a stadium sheltering displaced families in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, as Israel pressed ahead with its relentless attacks despite calls for a ceasefire from world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.

The al-Ahli Stadium, which has been converted into a makeshift refuge for Palestinians fleeing the Israeli onslaught, became the site of another massacre on Wednesday.

“I only had what I had in my hand. I left with nothing,” Najwa, a displaced woman from Gaza City, told Al Jazeera. “We are frightened. Transportation is expensive.

Israel strikes Gaza City with ‘unprecedented force’, tens of thousands flee

rana jamal ahmed al-hashimi — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:54:21 +0000

Israeli forces kill at least 43 people across Gaza since dawn as death toll from man-made famine rises to 441.

Israel is pounding Gaza City with some of the heaviest strikes in two years of war, according to witnesses, as it pushes ahead with an offensive to seize the territory’s largest urban centre.

Avichay Adraee, Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, warned Gaza City’s beleaguered population on Friday that it would be deploying “unprecedented force” and told them to “take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands” moving south on al-Rashid coastal road – now the only permitted escape route.