We emphasize that the partial opening of the crossing and its limited operation do not meet the scale of the worsening humanitarian catastrophe faced by more than 20,000 sick and wounded individuals waiting for the opportunity to travel for treatment abroad, in light of the lack of necessary medicine and medical equipment. We stress that the right to treatment is not a favor or a pressure card, but an inherent right that must be protected to save lives. Continued zionist procrastination means more suffering and is a flagrant violation of the operational mechanisms guaranteed by the ceasefire agreement.
The tightening of the siege and the military control over the lists of travelers through the Rafah crossing is a systematic criminal decision to turn the Gaza Strip into an uninhabitable area and to undermine all international efforts.
We hold the American administration fully responsible for the catastrophic conditions and for the practices of the zionist enemy at the Rafah crossing, including non-compliance with the designated numbers and systematic violations against returnees, which have manifested in physical and psychological abuse, harsh interrogation, extortion, and the use of its outlawed gangs and militias to terrorize, question, and threaten returnees.
We call on the mediators and guarantor states to take urgent action to put an end to these flagrant breaches and violations, and to compel the zionist enemy to open the Rafah crossing in accordance with the standards of international and humanitarian law, and to begin implementing the second phase of the agreement, which stipulates the zionist withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Resistance Committees in Palestine
Thursday, Ramadan 02, 1447 AH, corresponding to February 19, 2026 AD