Rafah border

Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening

Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.

 Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023
Palestinians walk along a street flooded by rainwater in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2026.

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Following an air strike the Nahal Brigade conducted a search of a building in eastern Rafah, where they identified one terrorist who had been killed in the airstrike, and three additional armed terrorists.

IDF kills two terrorists at Rafah Crossing under cover of severe weather

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Hamas: Fuel, humanitarian aid to enter tomorrow and Rafah border to open next week


Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control

The handover follows the conclusion of a reconciliation deal in October between the two Palestinian rival factions.

Hamas hands over control of the Rafa border crossing with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority

Deadline for Palestinian Authority takeover of Gaza set for December 1

How will this impact Gaza border crossings with Egypt and Israel?

Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017.

Hamas leader: Rafah crossing to be opened intermittently

Egyptian intelligence is reportedly making the opening of the crossing conditional on security in the Sinai peninsula.

Gazans attempting to cross into Egypt at the Rafah crossing

Egypt opens Rafah crossing for first time in three months

Since the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, Cairo has seldom opened the Rafah crossing.

A Palestinian boy is seen at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.

Gaza, Egypt border opens for two days, reportedly for VIPS

Among those reportedly crossing were MP's and other political figures as well as academics.

A Gaza woman waits at Rafah for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, June 14.

Hamas delegation to Egypt fails to improve relations, report says

Hamas refused to admit responsibility in Sinai security incidents, Al-Ahram says.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a protest against the Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's al-Aksa mosque in Khan Yunis

Egypt, Israel and the PA criticized after 10-year-old dies of kidney failure in Gaza

Following her death, Diab has been described on Palestinian social media as "the martyr of the siege on Gaza," who died as a result of the closure of all the border crossings to Gaza.

Marah Diab

WATCH: Egyptian warplanes bomb targets near Gaza border

Video obtained by Reuters showed what the cameraman said to be an Egyptian warplane flying over Gaza.

Egyptian warplanes hit Rafah in Egypt

Hamas rejects putting PA in charge of Gaza side of Rafah crossing

Since the beginning of this year, the terminal was opened for only 21 days.

A Gaza woman waits at Rafah for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, June 14.

Report: Egypt detains Hamas official at Cairo airport

Hassan Asseify, the deputy religious affairs minister in Hamas-ruled Gaza, was stopped on his way back from Saudi Arabia.

A Gaza woman waits at Rafah for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, June 14.