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Israel to reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing after search for captive’s body ends | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel to reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing after search for captive’s body ends | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel has said it will allow a “limited reopening” of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt when the operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli captive in the Palestinian territory is completed. The announcement from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came late on Sunday as Palestinians mourned at least three people killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Netanyahu’s office said the Rafah crossing, which was supposed to have opened during the initial phase of a United States-brokered ceasefire in October, would reopen for the passage of people only. It said the move is “conditioned on the return of all living [captives] and the execution of 100 percent effort on the part of Hamas to locate and return all deceased [captives]”. All have been returned, except for the body of police officer Ran Gvili. ‍The Israeli military ⁠said on Sunday it was searching a cemetery in northern Gaza near the “yellow line”, which marks off Israeli-controlled parts of the territory, while an Israeli military …