Brief: Rafah reopens to restricted traffic as Israeli strikes continue to kill
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
This week: 123 days into a "ceasefire", Israel has killed at least 524 Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel reopened the Rafa Crossing as Israeli strikes continued to claim lives. Israel is continuing to destroy cemeteries in Gaza. Israel has killed more than 71,769 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
In this episode:
- Hani Mahmoud, Al Jazeera Correspondent
- Ibrahim al-Khalili, (@_ibrahimalkhalili) Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Andrew Greiner and Munera AlDosari is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Enders, and this is the take. |
| 0:05.2 | As Israel's war on Gaza continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. |
| 0:11.7 | This week, 123 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 524 Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:20.7 | Israel reopened the Rafa crossing as Israeli strikes continued to claim lives. |
| 0:25.6 | Israel is continuing to destroy cemeteries in Gaza. |
| 0:29.6 | Today is Sunday, February 1. |
| 0:32.6 | Israel has killed more than 71,769 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023. |
| 0:44.0 | On Sunday morning, Israel reopened the Rafa crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip to Egypt. |
| 0:50.1 | It has been closed for nearly two years. |
| 0:53.3 | But as Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reported, Israel is severely restricting who and what is allowed |
| 0:59.0 | in and out. |
| 1:00.8 | So far, the Israeli military is talking about movement in both directions where 150 Palestinians |
| 1:07.3 | are expected to be leaving on daily basis and 50 only allowed to return so |
| 1:13.4 | this disparity between the two numbers it just sends cast doubts and fear |
| 1:20.4 | among people as they want the those who are exiting and those returning to be |
| 1:25.3 | equally the same that is something that people have been worried about over the past two years, that everything |
| 1:31.1 | that's done on the ground. |
| 1:33.6 | And right after taking over the Raffa crossing, what is really military intended to do |
| 1:39.5 | is to empty the Gaza Strip through controlling people's movement |
| 1:45.0 | in and out of the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:47.0 | What's really interesting, when we look at movement right now, |
| 1:50.0 | in terms of aid, in terms of trucks, |
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