The government is expected to order the reopening of the Rafah Border Crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the coming days, Israeli television reported Friday, as part of what it described as concessions Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made to US President Donald Trump in their meeting in Florida this week.

Netanyahu will hold a security consultation in Israel on Sunday, during which he will share the concessions he agreed to with Trump, including the reopening of the Rafah crossing in both directions, with an additional Israeli “inspection site” on the Gazan side, according Channel 12 news.

Israel has previously said it would open the crossing for people entering Gaza once Hamas returns all the hostages abducted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, that sparked the war in Gaza. The remains of one hostage, Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, are still in Gaza.

According to the unsourced Channel 12 report, the IDF will operate its own inspection site on the Israeli-controlled Gazan side of the reopened crossing, in addition to Egyptian and international forces that will secure the crossing itself.

The Israeli site will be equipped with devices to monitor people entering Gaza, and the IDF will be able to turn back people trying to enter the Strip from Egypt, the network said.

The Rafah crossing is normally meant only for people, not cargo, but it has also been used used by Gaza-bound aid trucks amid the war.

Israel, which seized the Gazan side of the crossing in May 2024, said last month that it would reopen the crossing for outgoing traffic as part of the US-brokered October 9 ceasefire deal with Hamas. Egypt rejected the statement, saying the one-way opening amounted to forced displacement of the Palestinian from Gaza.

On Friday, American actor and film producer Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah........

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