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Ambulances, aid trucks await entry to Gaza as Rafah border reopens after 2-year closure
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Rafah Border, which is Gaza's only entry point and connection to the world that does not go through Israel, was reopened on Sunday after a two year closure.
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Ambulances wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in northeastern Egypt as Israel opens the crucial border between Gaza and Egypt. (AFP)
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After a nearly 2 year closure and months of urging from humanitarian organisations, Israel has allowed partial access through the Rafah border into Gaza, which continues to reel from Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire in place.(AFP)
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Trucks transporting humanitarian line up outside the Egyptian side waiting to enter Gaza as the crucial border reopens.(AFP)
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Trucks transporting humanitarian aid enter through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border after two years of closure and bloackade from Israeli forces(AFP)
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Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip.(AP)
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The entrance of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip will reopen on Sunday, Despite the reopening, Israel continues to keep strict measures in place for the entry and exit of aid, ambulances and injuried Palestinians. (AFP)
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Truck drivers wait next to their vehicles which are transporting humanitarian aid, before entering through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Egypt. Aid in Gaza has been in a dire state due to Israel's bloclade since th war broke out in 2023. Despite the first stages of a ceasefire with Hamas, Israel has maintain strict aid bloackades, plunging Gaza into a state of famine.(AFP)
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