The Israeli army burned down the departure hall on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, eventually disconnecting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from the outside world, Anadolu Agency reports.

After seizing control of the Rafah crossing 40 days ago, the Israeli army set fire to the departure hall, as well as other facilities and buildings, eventually disconnecting Palestinians in Gaza from the outside world, according to the news outlet’s correspondent.

Several Palestinian social media accounts shared images of the departure hall being completely burned down.

This comes amid ongoing incursions by Israeli military vehicles into Rafah’s Philadelphi Corridor area, a demilitarised buffer zone that runs along the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt.

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