The Rafah Border Crossing, a point between Gaza and Egypt, is run by Egyptian and Palestinian authorities and is the only border crossing accessible to most Palestinians who live in Gaza. Since 2007, Israel has maintained a blockade of Gaza's land, air and sea, while Egypt oversees the southern Rafah crossing. The Rafah Border Crossing would open sporadically, but he said he could never get his family through. Portraits of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas hang at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on November 1, 2017. "It's like, you're an American citizen yet when they see you're Palestinian, that's all you are, and that's how you're treated.

Source: CNN February 17, 2021 10:18 UTC