The European Union will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.Kallas said there was broad agreement that the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) could play "a decisive role in supporting the ceasefire.

But the UN's special rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, denounced the statements by both Trump and Smotrich, saying: "Ethnic cleansing is anything but an 'out-of the box' thinking, no matter how one packages it. It is illegal, immoral and irresponsible."

Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday, jubilant to be returning home after months of living in temporary shelter but fearing what might remain of their homes amid the bombed-out ruins.

The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah following the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.

The European Union has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which facilitates the gradual release of hostages, ends hostilities, and alleviates

the southern city in the Gaza Strip where Israel began an offensive last May, the EU foreign policy chief said Friday. Kaja Kallas said on X that she hosted Palestine’s Prime Minister Mohammad ...

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas praised Türkiye as an important actor in cooperation on regional issues and a strategic partner for the bloc ahead

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt ... EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

EU's Kallas Says Talks ... crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah following the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to restart a monitoring mission at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, the bloc's top diplomat said.

The family of the youngest hostages held in Gaza have said they are “holding on to hope” they are still alive after Hamas told Israel that eight of the 26 remaining hostages due to be released were dead.