{"id":496383,"date":"2025-10-13T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496383\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:50:18","slug":"eu-to-restart-gaza-egypt-border-monitoring-mission-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496383\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to restart Gaza-Egypt border monitoring mission on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Kallas said the mission can play an ‘important role in supporting the ceasefire’ [Getty\/file photo]<\/p>\n

The European Union<\/a> will on Wednesday restart a civilian mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing<\/a> between Gaza and Egypt in support of a US-brokered ceasefire deal, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Monday.<\/p>\n

“The EU stands ready to do its part,” Kaja Kallas posted on X after Hamas released a first group of Israeli captives as part of the agreement. “This mission can play an important role in supporting the ceasefire,” she said.<\/p>\n

The 27-nation bloc set up a civilian mission in 2005 to help monitor the Rafah crossing, but it was suspended two years later after Hamas took control of Gaza, following victory in the 2006 legislative elections.<\/p>\n

The EUBAM<\/a> monitoring mission aims to provide a neutral, third-party presence at the key crossing and involves police from Italy, Spain and France. It was briefly redeployed in January but suspended again in March.<\/p>\n

Welcoming Monday’s captive release, Kallas highlighted US President Donald Trump’s role in this “crucial milestone towards peace”, saying the leader “made this breakthrough possible”.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday’s Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh<\/a> finalising the agreement to end the war would be “a historical milestone.”<\/p>\n

The bloc “fully supports the peace plan brokered by the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkiye,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

“We stand ready to contribute to its success with all tools at our disposal,” she said, including by “providing support on governance and for the reform of the Palestinian Authority”.<\/p>\n

The EU is represented in Sharm el-Sheikh by Antonio Costa, who heads the European Council of the bloc’s member states.<\/p>\n

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