The Rafah crossing has been shuttered for over eight months before as part of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The European Union on Friday started its support mission for the reopening of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. The mission "will support Palestinian border personnel and allow the transfer of individuals out of Gaza,

There is "almost nothing left" of Gaza and rebuilding the war-ravaged enclave could take 10 to 15 years, U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff told Axios in an interview at the end of his trip to the region on Thursday.

The Associated Press, which shared office space with Hamas for years, contends that Trump’s suggestion “openly contradict[s] Palestinian identity and deep connection to Gaza.” Does it? One of the prevailing myths of the Israel-Arab conflict is that most “Palestinians” have a strong historic connection to the land that goes back centuries.