The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt may be the only hope for anyone trying to get out of the Palestinian territory, which has been under Israeli siege and aerial bombardments since the militant group Hamas carried out deadly attacks on Israeli communities on Oct. 7.Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the shuttered Rafah border crossing in Gaza on Monday, fleeing the Israeli airstrikes on the densely populated enclave.
Rafah has "always been a very contentious issue," among Israelis, Palestinians and Egyptians, said Contanza Musu, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.Under advice from their embassies, Gazans with dual citizenship headed to the Rafah crossing in hopes of getting over to Egypt, but they were met with closed gates.
"Allowing large numbers of Palestinians into their territory, Egypt's leaders fear, would strengthen the links between these extremist forces," Steven A. Cook, an Middle East policy expert with the Council on Foreign Relations ,Egypt and Israel have co-operated with one another strategically and economically, and the neighbouring countries and former adversaries also have an agreement about Gaza.
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