Israel keeps Rafah crossing closed

- Rafah crossing into Gaza is completely closed, blocking travellers, goods, and urgent medical transfers and worsening humanitarian conditions inside the enclave daily. - Israel's Knesset approved a special tribunal bill 93-0 that could try suspects from Hamas's 2023 attack and permit death sentences under the new measure. - About 1,000 Palestinian scholarship students remain trapped in Gaza because borders are closed to exits. (alquds.com) (anarchistfederation.net) (arabnews.com)