Egypt becomes Arab world's 'bad guy' over Gaza's Rafah crossing - analysis

Videos have been circulating online of Gazans imploring Egyptian soldiers to let them pass, and reports of bribing Egyptian soldiers into letting Gazans out of the strip have begun to appear.

People sit in front of the gates as Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. October 14, 2023.

People sit in front of the gates as Palestinians with dual citizenship wait outside Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. October 14, 2023.

(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)

JANUARY 29, 2024 00:43

Updated: JANUARY 29, 2024 07:46

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