Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited traffic in key step for ceasefire
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Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Najat Rubaie, center right, embraces one of her grandsons after they arrive with their mother as part of a group of about a dozen Palestinian returnees allowed into Gaza following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Khadija Abu Rabi mourns over the body of her son, Iyad, 3, who was killed when an Israeli strike hit tents sheltering displaced people along the coast of Khan Younis, according to hospital officials, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)The family of Huda Abu Abed, a 60-year-old heart patient, carries her belongings after she and 11 other returnees were allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Huda Abu Abed, 60, a heart patient, gets off a bus at Nasser Hospital after 12 Palestinian returnees were allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)