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Only a handful of Palestinians made it through the crossing as security screenings took longer than expected, causing delays.

About 20,000 Palestinian children and adults needing medical care hope to leave the devastated territory via the crossing, according to Gaza health officials.

Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic development on the ground as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will pass through it.

Gaza's Rafah border, the only crossing connecting the besieged Palestinian ‌enclave ​with Egypt, reopened on Monday for a limited ‌number of travellers on foot after being sealed shut by Israel for nearly a year.

Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead.

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt began a trial phase on Sunday ahead of its planned reopening that will allow a limited number of Palestinians to leave the war-torn enclave and completing the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire plan.

An Egyptian official said 50 Palestinians would cross in each direction in the first day of the crossing’s operation.