STORY: Ambulances and aid trucks lined up on Sunday (February 1) at the Rafah border crossing in Egypt.

On Sunday, Israel is due to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt under U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war.

The next phase of Trump's Gaza plan calls for resolving complex issues such as Hamas disarmament, which the group has long rejected, further Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force.

Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, a government agency said, the first opening of effectively the sole route in or out of the Palestinian territory since May 2024. The Israeli government agency that coordinates civilian policy in Gaza, COGAT, did not say how many of Gaza's more than 2 million people would be allowed to cross the border per day.

The war began after Hamas-led gunmen attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Israeli officials have said the war could resume if Hamas does not lay down its weapons.

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SHOWS: RAFAH, EGYPT (FEBRUARY 1, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF AMBULANCES WAITING NEAR RAFAH BORDER CROSSING / OTHERS MOVING TOWARDS GATE AT EGYPT’S SIDE OF THE BORDER

2. PERSON WALKING NEAR CROSSING, SIGN READING (Arabic) "RAFAH LAND BORDER CROSSING"

3. AMBULANCES WAITING NEAR CROSSING

4. VARIOUS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS INSIDE AMBULANCES

5. AMBULANCES MOVING

6. VARIOUS OF AMBULANCES WAITING NEAR CROSSING

7. VARIOUS OF FUEL TRUCKS MOVING TOWARDS BORDER CROSSING

8. VARIOUS OF AID TRUCKS MOVING TOWARDS BORDER CROSSING