between beit hanoun and areas in israel is the first visible sign for palestinians in gaza hamas is control of the institutions here is being stripped away for the last two or three weeks other ministries been handed over but this is the first time people here in gaza can actually see something and the real test of this will be when rafa the border between gaza and egypt opens on the december fifteenth it's been handed over as well today but because of construction work there it has been opened to palestinians here in gaza they're desperate for that open because that is the way out for people in garza to get to egypt and the rest of the world here israel control to go in and out and really there's very little people traffic here apart from humanitarian cases got when rough first open on december fifteenth that is the day palestinians here in gaza hope to see real progress hope to see real benefits on this reconciliation between fatah and how iraq is working to take control of a key border crossing into turkey from the kurdish regional government the. crossing is located within the o