A civilian EU mission to help monitor the Rafah crossing began work there in 2005 but was suspended in June 2007 after Hamas, a militant Islamist group, took over the Gaza Strip.

The EU is "in discussions about redeploying our monitoring mission to Rafah to ensure the stability at the border, so we have it ready," Kallas told reporters in Brussels.

“Today, EU Foreign Ministers agreed to redeploy it to the Rafah Crossing Point between Gaza and Egypt. This will allow a number of injured individuals to leave Gaza and receive medical care ...

The European Union plans to deploy border management experts to support the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, diplomats confirmed to dpa on Friday. Member states ...

David Lammy has joined other foreign ministers in condemning the Israeli government for depriving Gazans “of human dignity” ...

In 2005 the Rafah crossing, between Gaza and Egypt, the only way for Palestinians in or out of the Gaza strip, was handed over by Israeli to be operated by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ...

Israeli officials are considering transferring control of Gaza’s Rafah border crossing to the European Union and Palestinians, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Rafah border crossing situated in the southern Gaza Strip is set to be opened on Friday for the exit of 50 wounded Palestinians who have received security clearance from the Shin Bet (Israel ...

BRUSSELS, January 31. /TASS/. The European Union is deploying a mission to Rafah on the border with Egypt, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced. "Europe is here to help: the EU’s civilian ...

The European Union will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.