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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 Rafah crossing was opened by Israel after the 1979 peace treaty and remained under Israeli control until 2005, when it was transferred to Egyptian, Palestinian Authority, and EU control, giving Palestinians partial control of an international border for the first time.
Thirty-seven sick and wounded Palestinians have left Gaza for medical treatment in Egypt following the reopening of the Rafah border crossing after eight months. The World Health Organization (WHO ...
Israel then opened the Rafah crossing, which came under its control until 2005. In the two years that followed, prior to Hamas’ takeover of Gaza, roughly 450,000 people used the crossing.
An investigation by The New York Times found that nearly all of the underground tunnels were destroyed by Egypt after 2013. [117] Per a report by The Jerusalem Post, Hamas used the border area mainly for launching rockets on Israel rather than for smuggling. [118] Airstrikes on Rafah started on 8 October 2023, [119] and continued throughout the ...
Watch a live view of the Rafah crossing on Monday, 7 November as foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza over the border with Egypt. The crossing reopened for a limited number of ...
Abbas' Government said that Egypt had agreed to restore the 2005 border agreement giving Abbas control over the Rafah crossing, but excluding Hamas. Israel, on the other hand resisted Abbas' control of any crossing point. [9] The border was closed—except to travelers returning home—eleven days after the breach. [10]
The Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing is Gaza's main lifeline to the outside world that is not run by Israel. It is on Gaza's southern border with Egypt, and has become the focal point of efforts ...