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Gaza

Donors reluctant to fund US-led Gaza plan as Hamas disarmament push stalls: Sources

One senior European diplomat said that no European or Western country had yet committed funds to Gaza's recontstruction.
One senior European diplomat said that no European or Western country had yet committed funds to Gaza's recontstruction.

Israeli strikes kill 20 in Gaza, health officials say

A Palestinian patient and her relatives head back home after being informed by officials that their travel through the Rafah border crossing was postponed, in Khan Younis, on Feb 4, 2026.
A Palestinian patient and her relatives head back home after being informed by officials that their travel through the Rafah border crossing was postponed, in Khan Younis, on Feb 4, 2026.

Palestinian women describe ‘journey of horror’ crossing back into Gaza

Huda Abu Abed, 56, cries as she is embraced by her sister inside a tent after returning to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Huda Abu Abed, 56, cries as she is embraced by her sister inside a tent after returning to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Tearful Gazans finally reunite after limited Rafah reopening

Palestinians coming from the Rafah crossing from Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post. Around 150 people were due to leave the territory, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.
Palestinians coming from the Rafah crossing from Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post. Around 150 people were due to leave the territory, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.

WHO says first five patients evacuated via Gaza’s Rafah crossing

A Palestinian man waves from a window as war-wounded people and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026.
A Palestinian man waves from a window as war-wounded people and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026.

What to know about Gaza's Rafah border crossing

Egyptian ambulances line up to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border from the Egyptian side, following the first day Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, in Rafah, Egypt, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Egyptian ambulances line up to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border from the Egyptian side, following the first day Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, in Rafah, Egypt, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US envoy Witkoff to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu, Israeli officials say

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Romina Amato
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Romina Amato

Gaza border reopening long awaited by stranded Palestinians

Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

What’s next for Trump’s Gaza plan after Rafah reopening?

Ambulances waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Feb 2.
Ambulances waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Feb 2.

Israel to terminate Doctors Without Borders work in Gaza for not providing Palestinian staff list

A Palestinian boy walks past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City.
A Palestinian boy walks past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.