Israel not cooperating regarding search for captive remains, Rafah crossing’s opening

The Israeli government is holding its ground, accusing Hamas of knowing where the captives’ bodies are, of refusing or procrastinating in retrieving those bodies, and that fuels the anger and the pressure domestically.

But on the other hand, everybody knew that this was going to be a difficult task. In fact, when Israeli soldiers were detonating tonnes of explosives to level entire neighbourhoods and communities, there were warnings that this was going to complicate the search for the bodies of Israeli captives, and that’s exactly what you see.

Israel is also not cooperating with countries that are lending help to possibly look for those remains. Turkiye, for example, was ready to send 81 experts in the retrieval of bodies, and Israel has not allowed it to enter. It has also not allowed it to provide equipment that could possibly facilitate that.

Meanwhile, everybody is ready for the Rafah crossing to open, except Israel.

The EU monitoring force is ready, the Palestinian Authority is ready to assume responsibility for passport control and the Egyptians are also ready. In addition to the goods that are sorely needed, 170,000 Palestinians are injured. Thousands of them require urgent medical attention outside of Gaza. Their evacuation can only happen through the Rafah crossing.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports.

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