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Rafah Crossing
Six Months In – Egypt to Increase Aid Trucks Entering Gaza Through Rafah Crossing
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The decision came into effect on Sunday, which marked six months since Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza. Egypt has decided to increase the number of humanitarian aid trucks […]
Israeli Forces Block Aid Trucks until Further Notice – PRCS
The Israeli decision ordered the crossing to be cleared out of trucks on the Palestinian side as soon as possible. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced on Friday that Israeli occupation forces have blocked […]
70 Russian Citizens Leave Gaza – Ministry
Videos posted by the ministry show people in tears after finally getting out safely. At least 70 Russian citizens have been evacuated from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah Border Crossing, which remains the only […]
Rafah Crossing Opens from Besieged Gaza for Limited Evacuations
Foreign passport holders and some critically injured people will be allowed to leave through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, though there is no timeline for how long it will remain open. Limited […]
Union of Gaza Municipalities: ‘We Implore Egypt’ to Open Rafah Crossing
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Union of Gaza Municipalities wrote a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday, calling for the immediate opening of the Rafah Crossing amid the humanitarian catastrophe caused […]
GAZA LIVE BLOG – Massacre at Gaza Market | Jenin Bombed | Biden Calls for More Aid to Israel | IFJ on Journalists Killed – DAY 15
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Only 20 trucks of humanitarian aid arrived in Gaza through the Rafah border. But what can such limited supplies do when 2.3 million Gazans are running out of food, water […]
GAZA LIVE BLOG: Confusion at Rafah Crossing | Israeli Bombardment Continues | Humanitarian Crisis Swells | Iran Warns of ‘Graveyard’ | Biden: Don’t Occupy Gaza – DAY 10
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of Gazans rushed to the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to gain entry, while Israeli bombs fell all around the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli strikes on Palestinian civilians […]
Reports of Partial Opening of the Rafah Crossing for Evacuation of Foreigners
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The US news network ABC, citing a security source, reported that an agreement was reached to open the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The partial […]
Israel Bombs Rafah Crossing, Warns Egypt against Helping Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was bombed by Israel for the second time in less than 24 hours, while Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Egyptian […]
A Distant Dream: Why Not Many Gazans Made it to Qatar World Cup 2022
By Asma Abu Amra The crippling blockade and bad economic conditions in Gaza made it impossible for most Gazan football fans to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first ever held in an Arab […]
Poisoned to Death: Bodies of Three Palestinian Workers Recovered from Gaza-Egypt Tunnel
The Gaza-based Palestinian group, Hamas on Friday said it recovered the bodies of three men from a tunnel along the Egyptian border. The statement gave no cause of death. But a day earlier, the group […]
Egypt Pressures Hamas to Cancel Protests in Gaza
Egyptian authorities have been pressuring Hamas to cancel planned demonstrations at the fence separating Israel from the besieged enclave, Al Maydan News revealed yesterday. Reporting a Palestinian source, Al Maydan said that the closure of […]
Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing with Gaza
Egypt has told Gaza authorities it will close the Rafah border crossing from Monday, a spokesman for the Palestinian enclave’s Hamas government said. “We were informed by the Egyptian authorities that the Rafah crossing will […]
Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing with Gaza until Further Notice
Egypt today opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip until further notice, Egyptian and Palestinian sources said, a move described as an incentive for reconciliation between the main Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo, […]
Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing with Gaza for Four Days
For the first time in two months, the Egyptian authorities will temporarily reopen the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for four days for travel in both directions, said Palestine’s ambassador to Egypt Diab […]
Egypt To Open Border Crossing with Gaza for Four Days
Egypt will reopen the Rafah crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said on Sunday. “The terminal will be open in both directions for four days until Thursday,” the Hamas-run […]
Gaza Reports 29 New Coronavirus Cases among Returnees from Egypt
At least 29 Palestinians in Gaza have contracted the new coronavirus, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. Yousef Abu al-Reesh, Gaza’s deputy health minister, said in a press conference that 29 infections […]
Medical Aid Convoy Arrives in Gaza through Rafah Border Crossing
The second group of the medical aid convoy, “Miles of Smiles 36” arrived in the Gaza Strip through Rafah Border Crossing, Monday. Khaled Al-Yousef, the coordinator of the Miles of Smiles convoy in Europe, said […]
Hamas Chief Haniyeh to Conduct International Tour
Senior Hamas leader Mohammad Nazzal has revealed that his movement is preparing for an international tour for its chief Ismail Haniyeh. Nazzal pointed to arrangements with Egypt to facilitate this, Al-Ray News Agency reported yesterday, reiterating that […]
Hamas’s Haniya Visits Egypt to Discuss Variety of ‘Important Issues’
The political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, has left Gaza on a trip to Cairo on Sunday as part of a high-ranking delegation to hold talks with Egyptian officials about developments in Palestine, a Hamas […]
Palestinian Legislative Council Votes to End Abbas’ Mandate
The Palestinian Legislative Council today overwhelmingly voted to end Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ mandate saying he has lost his constitutional, legal and national capacity. During a session held in its Gaza city headquarters, the […]
Rafah Crossing to Open Today (VIDEO)
The sole crossing point from Egypt to the Gaza Strip will be opened on Sunday, border authorities said yesterday. The Rafah border crossing is the only window to the world for people who live under the Israeli blockade. […]
Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing for Three Days (VIDEO)
Egypt today closed the Rafah crossing between the occupied Gaza Strip for three days, this is the first time the border has been closed since it was opened at the start of the Muslim holy […]
Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing with Gaza for Ramadan (VIDEOS)
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has ordered the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip for the entire holy month of Ramadan, days after mass protests at the Gaza border in which more […]
B’tselem Documents Cases of Women Stranded in Gaza away from Family
In a report released on Thursday and titled ‘Women trapped in Gaza away from their homes and partners’, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem documents several cases of Palestinian women who came to Gaza to visit […]
Distressing Humanitarian Situation of Palestinians Trapped at Gaza-Egypt Crossing (PHOTOS)
The distressing situation of Palestinians stuck on both sides of the Rafah border crossing and inside Cairo airport following the Egyptian authorities’ decision to close the crossing for passengers traveling in and out of Gaza, […]