Israel and Egypt agree Palestinian Authority will run Rafah crossing

Israeli security chiefs and the head of Egyptian intelligence have reached an agreement for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to oversee Gaza's side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, according to an unnamed source cited by Asharq Al-Awsat.

The arrangement will reportedly include "international supervision and monitoring by the UN", the sources said, though no date has been set for reopening the key border crossing.

Meanwhile, discussions remain unresolved regarding the Philadelphi Corridor, a 14km long, 100m wide border zone between Egypt and Gaza.

However, the source said that “the differences of opinion are technical and they will be resolved”.

“Israel proposed partial withdrawals from the corridor, but Egypt did not accept the idea and insists on a complete withdrawal and a return to the situation as it was before the war," the source added.