Rafah Egypt

Rafah Border Crossing will be test for Gaza’s next stage - analysis

Regional expectations are growing that the Rafah crossing will reopen this week, but doubts remain over how fully Israel will allow movement, as the ceasefire enters a critical stage.

A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025
 A Palestinian man is seen detained by the IDF in Rafah, Gaza, in the summer of 2024.

US pressuring Israel to allow terrorists behind Yellow Line safe passage - report

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shajaiyah, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

Egypt's proposal for holed-up Hamas terrorists: Hand over weapons, locate Rafah tunnels to exit

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


How Hamas set up a trap for IDF soldiers in Gaza's Rafah - analysis

Without Egyptian support, the likelihood of a hostage deal drops dramatically and the likelihood that the Jewish state gets stuck owning and running Gaza against its will rises dramatically.

 Israeli forces operate in the Gaza Strip on January 18, 2024

Egypt denies Israeli request for greater oversight on Gaza borders

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that the priorities for Gaza were a ceasefire, delivery of aid, and preventing displacement of Gazans into Egypt.

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on January 9, 2024

Trap of Gaza: Why Rafah is the city that could lead Israel and Egypt to conflict

Despite the focus on Khan Yunis, Rafah, surprisingly, emerges as a more intricate trap, as the conflict there poses significant challenges on multiple levels.

 Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes as it seen from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023

UN refugee chief: Gaza refugee crisis must be prevented

UN Refugee Chief warns that an Israeli assault on Rafah could trigger a refugee crisis, making Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution impossible. Global condemnation mounts as tensions escalate.

 Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees attends People on the Move Side Event during Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. (27/11/2018)

Gaza border authority says Rafah crossing open only for listed Egyptians and foreigners

On Monday, the border authority said that no one who was not on one of the lists would be allowed through, citing Egyptian authorities.

Egyptian quarantine doctors conduct medical examinations for foreign passport holders after their arrival at the Rafah crossing from Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terroristgroup Hamas in Rafah, Egypt November 1, 2023 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egypti

First Americans and other foreign nationals flee Gaza through Rafah

At least 320 foreign nationals and dozens of severely injured Gazans were among the first beneficiaries of the Qatari-mediated deal brokered between Egypt, Israel and Hamas. 

Egyptian quarantine doctors conduct medical examinations for foreign passport holders after their arrival at the Rafah crossing from Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terroristgroup Hamas in Rafah, Egypt November 1, 2023 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egypti

'Countries providing aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza are breaking the law' - expert

"As long as we have a degree of certainty that some of the aid is being diverted to Hamas - and we do have that certainty - then all the states of the world must refrain from providing [it]."

Egyptian cleaning workers are seen in front of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, while trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians await for it to open to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 19, 2023.

Biden pledges Gazans will have food, water as aid trucks enter Rafah

Israel imposed a total blockade and launched air strikes on Gaza in response to a deadly attack on Israeli soil by Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.

 UN workers gesture as trucks carrying aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023.

Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery

Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza is in retaliation for a devastating Hamas incursion into Israel on Oct. 7 during which 1,400 people were killed and hostages were taken.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians, wait for the reopening of the Rafah crossing at the Egyptian side, to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 17, 2023.

Egypt limits passage of Palestinians through Rafah after PA removes forces

Human rights groups say Rafah has been the sole exit point from Gaza for an estimated 95 percent of its population of 2 million.

A woman gestures as she waits to travel into Egypt through Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip.