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.

Spain is pushing for the European Union to deploy a mission at the Rafah border crossing, the sole gateway between Gaza and Egypt, to support the Palestinian National Authority and facilitate the movement of people and goods.

The European Union is ready to redeploy its border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, said on Monday. The civilian mission was launched in 2005 to assist with trade facilitation and the processing of biometric passports but was suspended in 2007 when Hamas took

The European Union plans to deploy border management experts to support the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, diplomats confirmed to dpa on Friday. Member states have approved a revised plan for the EU Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point,

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - 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.

The European Union’s top diplomat will ask the bloc’s foreign ministers Monday to agree on reactivating the EU’s border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt by Feb. 1, according to people familiar with the matter.

The European Union is restarting a civilian mission at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This decision, announced by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, aims to support the ceasefire and facilitate medical aid for injured individuals leaving Gaza.