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Israel Attacks Several Targets in Gaza, Causes Destruction in Rafah, Khan Yunis

December 4, 2022

Israeli warplanes attacked multiple targets in Gaza on Saturday night, causing massive destruction and fire in the area, according to local sources. The Palestine Chronicle correspondent said that Israeli warplanes attacked a target to the […]

Poisoned to Death: Bodies of Three Palestinian Workers Recovered from Gaza-Egypt Tunnel

September 4, 2021

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 Closes Rafah Crossing with Gaza

August 23, 2021

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

February 9, 2021

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

January 31, 2021

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 […]

Rafah Crossing Opens to Allow Hundreds of Palestinians to Return to Gaza

April 13, 2020

The Egyptian authorities today opened Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinians to return home, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA. The crossing will remain open for four days to […]

Israeli Airstrike Targets Palestinian Youths in Gaza

October 8, 2018

An Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike, on Monday morning, targeting east of Rafah City in the southern besieged Gaza Strip. A Ma’an reporter said that an Israeli warplane fired a missile that landed next […]

Anger as Israel Clears Soldiers over Deadly 2014 Attack

August 16, 2018

Hamas has condemned an Israeli decision to close a military investigation into an assault on August 1, 2014, in which 135 Palestinians were killed in Rafah, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. […]

Palestinian Teenager Dies after Being Shot by Israeli Army

July 28, 2018

A Gaza teenager died of his wounds on Saturday after being shot by Israeli troops during protests along the border. Mohmen al-Hams, 17, has succumbed to his wounds, after an Israeli sniper shot him in […]

Israeli Airstrike on Rafah Kills One Palestinian, Injures Three (VIDEO)

July 19, 2018

One Palestinian was killed and three others injured in an Israeli aerial bombing on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The moment of the bombing of the observation point […]

Egypt Announces Rafah Crossing Open for Four Days, Shuts It Down Day Later (PHOTOS)

February 21, 2018

The Egyptian authorities will open Rafah crossing with Gaza for four days as of today, Wednesday, February 21, the Palestinian embassy in Cairo announced. However, local Palestinian media sources announced that the crossing was shut […]

Islamic Jihad Mediating between Hamas and Egypt

November 18, 2016

Palestinian sources said Egyptian authorities allowed Hamas spokesperson Sami Abuzuhri to travel through the Rafah crossing with Egypt after he was prevented from doing so by Egyptian authorities, which, along with Israel placed Gaza under hermetic […]

Israel Prevents 53 Palestinians From Traveling to Jordan

September 11, 2016

The Israeli occupation forces have prevented 53 Palestinians from the West Bank from traveling to Jordan last week for ‘security reasons’. Palestinian police said in a statement that 43,000 Palestinians traveled in and out of […]

Rafah Border Opens For 2 Days for Humanitarian Cases

September 2, 2016

The Rafah crossing will be open on Saturday and Sunday for humanitarian cases and for foreign passport holders, a Palestinian official said. Wael Abu Omar, a Gaza Interior Ministry official, told Ma’an: “Egyptian authorities informed us that […]

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