Israel says the crucial Rafah crossing with Egypt will open in the coming days, but only for Palestinians to exit Gaza.

COGAT, the Israeli military arm that oversees humanitarian matters, said the opening of the Rafah crossing will be coordinated with Egypt, under the supervision of the European Union mission, similar to a mechanism employed during a previous Gaza ceasefire agreed in January 2025.

Israel said Wednesday that it would reopen the Rafah border crossing in the coming days, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza. The announcement has raised hopes that thousands of sick and wounded people in Gaza will finally be able to access the care they need.

Israel had agreed to open the Rafah crossing as part of the October cease-fire deal with Hamas but kept it closed. Egypt denied that the border would reopen soon.

Israel announced Wednesday it would reopen Gaza's main gateway within days, allowing thousands of Palestinians requiring medical care to leave

There was something "fundamentally wrong" with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are "strong reasons to believe" that war crimes have been committed, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Reuters on Wednesday.

As Israel’s head of military intelligence, he disregarded signs Egypt and Syria were about to attack in 1973. A commission blamed him for the lack of preparation.

This episode follows how the 1948 Arab–Israeli War drew to a close in 1949 and how armistice talks, foreign pressure and military facts on the ground reshaped the former British Mandate of Palestine.

But Faisal's oil embargo — placed on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's request — dealt a crippling blow to the American economy. Commending Faisal's religious conviction and foresight, former US presidential adviser Bruce Riedel noted the King soon realised that Nixon aimed to lift military pressure on Israel from Egypt,

Guterres said Israel’s war has been waged with ‘total neglect’ with respect to civilian deaths and Gaza’s destruction.

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