Defense Ministry conferring with Egypt over open Rafah border crossing

The head of the Defense Ministry's political security department, Amos Gilad, is currently engaged in intensive talks with senior Egyptian government officials in order to solve the issue of the open Gaza-Egypt border crossing.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed Gilad to talk to the Egyptians about returning the Rafah border crossing to its status quo ante. (Hanan Greenberg)