Report: Shin Bet, Mossad chiefs and Egypt intel head agree Rafah crossing to be run by Palestinian Authority

Israeli forces operating on the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces/AFP)
Israeli forces operating on the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces/AFP)

An unnamed source tells Asharq Al-Awsat that an agreement was reached at a meeting between Israeli security chiefs and the head of Egyptian intelligence that the Palestinian Authority will manage the Gazan side of the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt, under “international supervision and monitoring by the UN.”

The Cairo meeting was held Monday-Tuesday between Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, Mossad chief David Barnea and Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad.

The source tells the London-based newspaper that no date has been set for the reopening of the key border crossing.

According to the source, there is still no agreement on the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the border between Gaza and Egypt, but “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 tells the outlet.

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