(25 Feb 2025)
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Rafah, Gaza Strip – 25 February 2025
1. Wide of aid trucks driving along dirt track
2. Zoom in to crowd of Palestinians running to pile of aid that has fallen from truck, carrying items away, zoom out to U.N. truck passing
3. Track right of group trying to grab aid items off back of truck
STORYLINE:
Aid continued to flow into Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, as the end of the first phase of Hamas and Israel’s fragile ceasefire looms.
Trucks loaded with aid drove into the war-ravaged enclave, with groups of Palestinians attempting to grab items as they passed or retrieve any aid that fell off the back along the bumpy dirt tracks.
The first phase of the ceasefire that paused 15 months of brutal warfare between Israel and Hamas militants is set to end on Saturday — and it’s unclear what comes next.
The two sides were supposed to start negotiating a second phase weeks ago in which Hamas would release all the remaining hostages from its Oct. 7, 2023, attack, which triggered the war, in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
But those negotiations have not begun — there have only been preparatory talks — and the first phase has been jolted by one dispute after another.
One official familiar with the negotiations said the mere launch of Phase 2 talks would keep the truce intact, according to the language of the deal.
That would mean a continued halt in fighting and aid flowing into Gaza, though there would be no further hostage releases beyond what has already been negotiated, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss closed diplomatic contacts.
Hamas has previously said it is open to a short extension to complete talks on Phase 2, but that was before Israel held up the release of the prisoners.
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