The European Union has recommenced its civilian mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This initiative seeks to facilitate the crossing of injured Palestinians and support the ceasefire 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,

Italy says monitoring mission, which was halted when Hamas seized control of Strip in 2007, 'was launched at the request of Israel and the PA'

Hamas has survived Israel’s 15-month war in the Gaza Strip. Now, the militant group is replenishing its ranks, although restocking its weapons supplies will be more difficult.

For the EU Border Assistance Mission in Rafah to effectively restart it needed a cessation of hostilities between terrorist organisation Hamas and Israel, which happened on 15 January when the two parties to the conflict signed a ceasefire, which then entered into force on 19 January.

The 27-nation bloc set up a civilian mission in 2005 to help monitor the crossing, but it was suspended two years later after the militant Islamist group Hamas took control of Gaza.

The European Union has restarted its civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday.

EU restarts monitoring the key border crossing which has been closed to people since May 2024 amid Israel’s war on Gaza.

The United Nations has warned that humanitarian needs in Gaza remain 'immense' despite an increased flow of aid into the Palestinian territory, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Egypt and Jordan have sternly refused any attempt to expel the Palestinians from Gaza and send to their countries, but Trump is insisting this happens