{"id":40505,"date":"2026-01-06T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40505"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:19:36","slug":"gaza-waits-as-reports-suggest-rafah-crossing-may-reopen-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=40505","title":{"rendered":"Gaza waits as reports suggest Rafah crossing may reopen | Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><span class=\"program__page__source\"><span class=\"video-program-source__program-name\">NewsFeed<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead u-inline \">Palestinians in Gaza have told Al Jazeera they are cautiously optimistic after hearing the Rafah crossing could soon reopen, after more than two years. As Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud reports, the crossing represents access to medical care, education, and family reunification.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsFeed Palestinians in Gaza have told Al Jazeera they are cautiously optimistic after hearing the Rafah crossing could soon reopen, after more than two years. As Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud reports, the crossing represents access to medical care, education, and family reunification. Published On 6 Jan 20266 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[12009,1233,3671,8321,4000,1081,9227],"class_list":{"0":"post-40505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-crossing","9":"tag-gaza","10":"tag-rafah","11":"tag-reopen","12":"tag-reports","13":"tag-suggest","14":"tag-waits"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}