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Gaza Strip. The Egypt–Palestine border, [1] also called Egypt–Gaza border, is the 12-kilometre (7.5-mile) long border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. There is a buffer zone along the border which is about 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) long. The Rafah Border Crossing is the only crossing point
As part of that treaty, a 100-meter-wide strip of land known as the Philadelphi Corridor was established as a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt. [10] In the Peace Treaty, the re-created Gaza–Egypt border was drawn across the city of Rafah. When Israel withdrew from the Sinai in 1982, Rafah was divided into an Egyptian and a Palestinian part ...
In October 2014, Egypt announced that they planned to expand the buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt, following a terrorist attack from Gaza that killed 31 Egyptian soldiers. [17] Between July 2013 and August 2015, Egypt demolished 3,255 private houses on their side of the Egypt-Gaza border in order to create a buffer zone.
During the early stages of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, the border crossing was used to inspect aid bound for the Gaza Strip.While cargo was inspected at Nitzana, trucks then drove 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the Rafah Border Crossing to enter Gaza from Egypt. [2]
Egypt's proposal comes as Arab states scramble to respond to Trump's proposal for the U.S. to "take over" and "clean out" Gaza, relocating its 2 million people and reconstructing the territory ...
Gaza, a tiny coastal strip of land wedged between Israel in the north and east and Egypt to the southwest, is home to some 2.3 million people who have been living under a blockade since ...
Between December 2000 and June 2001, the barrier between Gaza and Israel was reconstructed. A barrier on the Gaza Strip-Egypt border was constructed starting in 2004. [77] The main crossing points are the northern Erez Crossing into Israel and the southern Rafah Crossing into Egypt. The eastern Karni Crossing used for cargo, closed down in 2011 ...
The death of an Egyptian soldier in an exchange of fire near the Rafah crossing has added to tensions that have undermined Egypt's relationship with Israel since the start of the war in the Gaza ...