Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt reopens, report says

Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday, Egyptian state-linked media reported, for the first time since Israel closed it on 28 February when it launched joint strikes on Iran with the United States.

Al-Qahera News, which is close to Egypt's intelligence services, said the crossing had reopened "in both directions" and aired footage showing a small number of Palestinians - including those who had been receiving medical treatment in Egypt - preparing to cross from the Egyptian side back into Gaza.

The footage also showed several ambulances waiting to receive Palestinian patients coming out of the Strip.

Palestinian children watch as war-wounded Palestinians and other patients prepare to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment through the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it was opened by Israel for a limited number of people, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2026 — Palestinian children watch as wounded Palestinians and other patients prepare to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment through the Rafah border crossing between the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt after it was opened by Israel for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on 8 February, 2026. (AFP)