{"id":13406,"date":"2025-10-19T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-to-keep-border-crossing-closed-amid-ceasefire-violation-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:22","slug":"israel-to-keep-border-crossing-closed-amid-ceasefire-violation-claims-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-to-keep-border-crossing-closed-amid-ceasefire-violation-claims-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to keep border crossing closed amid ceasefire violation claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3833c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3833c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The country added that the border\u2019s reopening will depend on Hamas handing over the bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3016c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"3016c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s statement came shortly after the Palestinian embassy in Egypt announced that the Rafah crossing, the main gateway for Gazans to leave and enter the enclave, would reopen on Monday for entry into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s government and Hamas have been trading blame over violations of the United States (US)-mediated ceasefire for days. Late on Saturday in Washington, the State Department said it had received \u201ccredible reports indicating an imminent cease fire violation by Hamas against the people of Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department said the planned attack against Palestinian civilians would be a \u201cdirect and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement. Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire,\u201d the department said in a statement, without providing further details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas denied on Sunday accusations of an \u201cimminent attack\u201d or a \u201cviolation\u201d of the ceasefire. It accused Israeli authorities of forming, arming and funding \u201ccriminal gangs\u201d that carried out murders, kidnappings and aided looting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian militant group said police forces in Gaza were performing their duty by pursuing those gangs to hold them accountable. \u201cThe movement calls on the US administration to stop repeating the occupation\u2019s misleading narrative,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump had said he would consider allowing Israeli forces to resume fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to uphold its end of the ceasefire deal that he brokered. The militant group has launched a security crackdown in urban areas vacated by Israeli forces, demonstrating its power through public executions and clashes with local armed clans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Reuters\u2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13411,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78],"class_list":["post-13406","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday||The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday","published_date":"2025-10-19 00:00:00||2025-10-19 00:00:00","news_description":"The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday||The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday","form_embed":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-to-keep-border-crossing-closed-amid-ceasefire-violation-claims\/||http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/israel-to-keep-border-crossing-closed-amid-ceasefire-violation-claims\/","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27172,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13406\/revisions\/27172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}