Egyptian and Hamas forces have closed the Gaza border after agreeing to control the frontier blown open by militants nearly two weeks ago in a bid to break a crippling Israeli blockade.
Metal barriers and barbed wire were placed across all gaps in the border, again sealing off the Gaza Strip after nearly half the territory's 1.5m population flooded into Egypt.
One gate remained open to allow Palestinians and Egyptians to return home, but otherwise no pedestrians or vehicles were being allowed to cross.
The Egyptian side was almost entirely deserted, with cars banned around the frontier and in Rafah's town centre unless they were going home.
People continued to go home from both sides of the border, with a queue of horse drawn carts laden with household goods waiting to cross into Gaza at Brazil Gate.
The border breakout on 23 January launched a sprawl of chaos and commerce, with hundreds of thousands of people streaming across in both directions with goods, animals and fuel or simply to visit relatives.
The border was blown in a bid to break a tightened Israeli stranglehold on the territory imposed in retaliation for militant rocket fire on Israeli soil.
