Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
arrive at the site where Hamas militants are searching for the remains
of hostages in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2025 
ISRAEL said today that it will begin allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing — but they would not be allowed to return.
This comes a day after aid groups revealed that at least 64,000 children have been killed or injured by Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023.
The decision by the Israelis is part of the so-called ceasefire deal reached with Hamas and the other Palestinian resistance groups, a deal Israeli forces are accused of violating with their continuing attacks on Palestinians.
The Gaza Health Ministry said that more than 360 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza since the ceasefire took effect on October 11. The ministry sets the total Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks at over 70,100.
The statement about opening Rafah came from the Co-ordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (Cogat), the Israeli military body charged with facilitating aid to Gaza.
It said that Israel would co-ordinate with Egypt on the exit of Palestinians, under the supervision of a mission from the European Union. Those wishing to leave Gaza will require “Israeli security approval,” Cogat said.
The ceasefire deal calls for the crossing to be opened for medical evacuations and for travel to and from the strip.
But an Israeli source said that all Palestinians who want to exit Gaza will be able to exit through Rafah as long as Egypt agrees to receive them, but the crossing won’t be open for people wishing to return to Gaza.
The official said that the EU still had to make some adjustments to logistics before the crossing could open.
The crossing was sealed off in May 2024 when Israel’s military invaded the area. It was briefly opened in February this year for the evacuation of sick and wounded Palestinians for treatment, as part of the previous ceasefire deal.
The United Nations Children’s Fund, the Global Protection Cluster Network and the Child Protection Area of Responsibility warned that more than 64,000 Palestinian children have been killed or injured by Israel in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.
In a statement, the organisations reported 658,000 school dropouts due to the devastation caused by systematic Israeli aggression, which has left at least 70,000 people dead in Gaza.
The statement said that children “are exposed to relentless violence, repeated displacement and severe deprivation.”
The three aid groups warned that as a consequence of Israel’s attacks, more than 11,000 children have suffered serious injuries and require long-term rehabilitation and are in desperate need of mental health support.
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