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Egypt announces deal to reopen Rafah crossing, but when will it actually open?

Despite the fact that opening the Rafah crossing is an urgent humanitarian need for Gaza residents, it remains subject to political considerations associated with the quarreling factions: Hamas and Fatah.

Rasha Abou Jalal
Rasha Abou Jalal
Nov 25, 2015
A Palestinian woman sits in front of the gate of Rafah border crossing as she waits for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip June 14, 2015. Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing on Saturday to allow Palestinians to travel in and out of the Gaza Strip for the first time in three months, in a possible sign of easing tension between Cairo and Gaza's dominant Islamist Hamas movement. Gaza, a small impoverished coastal enclave, is under blockade by neighbouring Israel, and Eg
A Palestinian woman sits in front of the gate of the Rafah border crossing as she waits for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 14, 2015. — REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

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