A Palestinian youth lying in an ambulance for treatment gestures as he lies on a gurney after crossing from the Gaza Strip to enter the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian enclave following evacuation on December 18. — AFP
Travellers crossing from the Gaza Strip enter the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian enclave following their evacuation on December 18. — AFP
Travellers crossing from the Gaza Strip enter the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian enclave following their evacuation on December 18. — AFP
A man holds a blanket beside a truck carrying aid at the Rafah border in the southern Gaza Strip, December 18. — Reuters
Mervat Salha, the grandmother of Palestinian baby girl Mariam who was born during the fighting between Israel and Hamas, holds her outside a tent where they shelter with their displaced family who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 17. — Reuters
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.
