Egypt Daily News - A high-level source confirmed that efforts are continuing to stop the escalation between the Israelis and the Palestinians, according to Cairo News. The source added that the Egyptian security delegation warned its counterparts in Israel of the consequences of storming the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side and requested that this movement be stopped immediately.

He added that efforts are still continuing to stop the escalation between the two parties. 

The Israeli army controls the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side

The Israeli army said that it took complete control of the Rafah land crossing from the Palestinian side, in a military operation it began yesterday. Thick plumes of smoke also rose in an area near the Rafah land crossing, as Israel intensified its artillery bombardment campaigns.