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Israel had consistently tried to turn the Kerem Shalom border crossing (which borders Egypt) into a commercial crossing between Gaza and Israel, or as an alternative passenger crossing to Rafah. The Palestinians were concerned that Israel would take control over the Gaza-Egypt border or even replace Rafah and objected.
Rafah, on Gaza's southern border with Egypt, is now the primary exit out of the strip as the two other border sites in Israel's control are closed. There's only one possible crossing out of Gaza ...
The number of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza has been confirmed as 242, the highest figure to be confirmed by the Israeli military. This comes as the Rafah crossing reopens for the second day, to ...
An average of 27,000 people crossed the Rafah border each month according to United Nations data from July. Up until that month, the border was open for 138 days and closed for 74 days this year.
On 6 May, before and during the offensive, Israel struck Rafah at least 50 times. [136] Later that day, in a limited invasion, the IDF entered the outskirts of Rafah and approached the Rafah Border Crossing and the Egyptian border. [96] [137] 20 Hamas gunmen were killed in the operation, according to the IDF.
Before the Rafah offensive, Israel conducted airstrikes and threatened to invade the city as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war which began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Intentions to invade were declared in February, meeting backlash from the international community because of the ...
By capturing the Rafah crossing, Israel gained full control over the entry and exit of people and goods for the first time since it withdrew soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005, though it has ...
Israel–Jordan relations are the diplomatic, economic and cultural relations between Israel and Jordan. The two countries share a land border , with three border crossings: Yitzhak Rabin/Wadi Araba Crossing , Jordan River Crossing and the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge Crossing, that connects the West Bank with Jordan.