U.S. diplomats are attempting to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but Egyptian officials have held them back, warning them...
U.S. diplomats are attempting to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but Egyptian officials have held them back, warning them that it isn’t safe due to specific threats.
“We have been trying,” said a State Department official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic matter. “The Egyptians have told us there are acute security threats there that prevent it.” The border crossing is a potentially critical transit point for food, water and fuel into the territory, which is under an Israeli blockade....
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