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The Gaza–Israel barrier (sometimes called the Iron Wall [1] [2] [3]) is a border barrier located on the Israeli side of the Gaza–Israel border. [4] Before the Israel–Hamas war, the Erez Crossing, in the north of the Gaza Strip, used to be the only crossing point for people and goods coming from Israel into the Gaza Strip.
Map location: Gaza Strip: Spatial reference system: WGS84: Archival data: Notes: Made with ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator, projections are: TOP: 34.3988181°E 31.6318475°N; LEFT: 34.0830074°E 31.3969423°N; BOTTOM: 34.3798471°E 31.1787763°N; RIGHT: 34.6627377°E 31.4198191°N (if you can figure out how they work)
The Erez Crossing (Hebrew: מעבר ארז), also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing (Arabic: معبر بيت حانون), is a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. It is located at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, between the Israeli kibbutz of Erez and the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun .
On 26 November 2005, the crossing was opened for the first time under the European Union's supervision, while the Israeli army kept a video watch from a nearby base and retained control over the movement of all goods and trade in and out of Gaza. [12] From 2018 onward, goods regularly entered Gaza from Egypt via the Rafah crossing. [16]
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 ...
An already 'unstable' border crossing. The Gaza Strip has been under a military blockade since 2007, limiting all free movement to and from the area.
The Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby, and on Tuesday, an Israeli tank brigade seized the ...
Kerem Shalom border crossing (Hebrew: מעבר כרם שלום, "Vineyard of Peace"; [2] Arabic: معبر كرم أبو سالم, Karem Abu Salem) is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the Gaza Strip and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt ...