EU to restart Gaza-Egypt border monitoring mission Wednesday | International

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct 13, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The European Union will Wednesday restart a civilian mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in support of a US-brokered ceasefire deal, the bloc's top diplomat said Monday. "The EU stands ready to do its part," Kaja Kallas posted on X after Hamas released a first group of Israeli hostages as part of the agreement. "This mission can play an important role in supporting the ceasefire," she said. 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 the militant Islamist group Hamas took control of Gaza. The EUBAM monitoring mission aims to provide a...