i m anita vogel in new york. the u.s. office of palestinian affairs confirming the rafah border crossing between gaza. egypt is expected to open this hour. once it s and running, foreigners will be able to leave the besieged palestinian. while much needed aid can be brought into gaza. more than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted president biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah border crossing. but after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid to enter into gaza, there have negotiations. israel has voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas. that s the gaza based militant group whose deadly surprise attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people. some 200 people are also being held hostage. two of them an american mother and her teenage daughter, were released. the girl s father says he spoke to his daughter and that they will be able to return
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