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Board of Peace Gaza envoy confirms Rafah Crossing to reopen soon
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The Board of Peace’s Gaza envoy confirms that the Rafah Crossing will be opening soon, after the chief commissioner of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, Ali Shaath, announced that it would be opening in both directions next week.
“I am pleased that an agreement has been reached regarding the preparation for re-opening of the Rafah crossing,” writes Nikolay Mladenov on X. “Concurrently, we are working with Israel and the National acommittee for the aadministration of Gaza to expedite the search for thr remaining Israeli hostage [sic].”
“We are currently coordinating logistics on implementing this agreement,” says Mladenov.
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