The European Union has recommenced its civilian mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This initiative seeks to facilitate the crossing of injured Palestinians and support the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The European Union has restarted its civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, a key entry and exit point for the Palestinian territory, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday.

The European Union has restarted its civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, a key entry and exit point for the Palestinian territory, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

Crossing will support Palestinian border personnel, enable people needing medical care to leave enclave, announces bloc's foreign policy chief

A deal on the redeployment of the non-armed mission, whose task is to police the border and allow the safe transit of goods and people, was struck with the backing of Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which partially governs the occupied West Bank.

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The 27-nation bloc set up a civilian mission in 2005 to help monitor the crossing, but it was suspended two years later after the militant Islamist group Hamas took control of Gaza.

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"It will support Palestinian border personnel and allow the transfer of individuals out of Gaza, including those who need medical care," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said

The U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA said on Friday that if its humanitarian work in Gaza is forced to halt, it would put a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas at risk.