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Published On 5 Feb 2026
Palestinian women, coming from the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hug as they arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. [Bashar Taleb / AFP]
Returnees are welcomed by relatives after they arrive at Nasser Hospital after a group of Palestinians was allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing in Khan Younis. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Amani Abu Talha and her six children arrive in a bus at Nasser Hospital after a group of Palestinians was allowed into Gaza from Egypt. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Palestinians long-separated from their loved ones shed tears of joy after the limited reopening of the Rafah crossing with Egypt allowed a handful to finally return to the war-shattered territory. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Some 50 Palestinians had been expected to enter the enclave on Monday, but by nightfall, only 12 – three women and nine children – had been allowed through the reopened crossing by Israeli authorities, Reuters said, citing Palestinian and Egyptian sources. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Amani Omran is welcomed by relatives as she arrives at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Rotana al-Regeb, who was allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, reunites with her children in Khan Younis. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
On Tuesday, just 16 more Palestinian patients were allowed to cross into Egypt via Rafah, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said, reporting from Khan Younis. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
The numbers being allowed to cross at Rafah are far below the 50 Palestinians who Israeli officials said would be allowed to travel in each direction via the crossing every day, Khoudary said. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Jubilant crowds filmed on their phones as they flocked around a bus carrying returnees to Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis late in the night. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
“There is no explanation as to why crossings are being delayed at Rafah,” Khoudary said. “The process is taking an extremely long time.” [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
“There are about 20,000 people waiting [in Gaza] for urgent medical attention abroad,” Khoudary added. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
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Global system of human rights in ‘peril’, warns HRW in its annual report
The NGO warns that the rules-based order is being crushed under relentless pressure from the US, China and Russia.
