FILE - Rafah Border Crossing - WAFA
CAIRO – 18 October 2025: The Rafah border crossing will reopen on Monday to allow Palestinian citizens residing in Egypt who wish to return to the Gaza Strip to travel back, the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo announced in a statement today.
The embassy urged all Palestinians wishing to travel to register their information, including full name, date of birth, passport number (if available), ID number, and mobile phone number, via WhatsApp at 01223301974.
It added that applicants will be contacted to receive details on gathering points and departure times before movement toward the Rafah crossing.
The decision followed coordination with the relevant Egyptian authorities, the embassy emphasized.
The Rafah crossing has been closed to the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza since Israeli forces took control of the Palestinian side in May 2024. Its reopening has been postponed several times since the Gaza ceasefire took effect on 10 October.
The Rafah crossing has long been the only gateway for Gazans seeking to leave or enter to the enclave, as movement through Israel’s Erez crossing with Israel has been limited to exceptional humanitarian cases.
The anticipated reopening of the Rafah crossing comes under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, which established the ceasefire and a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel as part of the first phase.
The plan also led to a surge in humanitarian aid entering to the famine-stricken enclave.
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