Rafah crossing
Egypt opens Rafah crossing for Gazan pilgrims
Egypt
September 17, 2015
Egypt opens Rafah crossing for Gazan pilgrims
Egyptian authorities temporarily opened the Rafah crossing Thursday to allow passage for 500 Palestinians traveling to Saudi Arabia for Hajj.Khaled…
Rafah crossing to open 4 days starting Monday
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Rafah crossing to open 4 days starting Monday
Official sources have announced that the Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah crossing in both directions, as of Monday, for…
Rafah Crossing opened for humanitarian purposes
Egypt
June 24, 2015
Rafah Crossing opened for humanitarian purposes
The Egyptian authorities have kept the Rafah border crossing open on Wednesday, allowing traffic from both sides for the second…
Egypt opens Rafah crossing on Tuesday
Egypt
June 23, 2015
Egypt opens Rafah crossing on Tuesday
Egypt opened the Rafah land crossing on its borders with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday, allowing traffic in both…
Egypt to open Rafah crossing Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Egypt
June 21, 2015
Egypt to open Rafah crossing Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
The Egyptian authorities decided on Sunday to open the Rafah crossing in both directions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, to…
15 trucks of Qatari aid cross into Gaza from Rafah
Egypt
June 19, 2015
15 trucks of Qatari aid cross into Gaza from Rafah
An official source at the Rafah landport said 15 trucks carrying construction materials have crossed into the Gaza Strip as…
Presidency orders Rafah crossing opened 2 more days
Egypt
June 16, 2015
Presidency orders Rafah crossing opened 2 more days
Egypt’s presidency has ordered the opening of the Rafah land crossing on the borders with the Palestinian Gaza Strip to…
Egypt to leave Rafah crossing open Thursday
Egypt
May 28, 2015
Egypt to leave Rafah crossing open Thursday
Egyptian authorities have decided to extend the opening of Rafah crossing to Thursday for the return of stranded Palestinians and…
Hamas calls on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing
Egypt
May 27, 2015
Hamas calls on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing
Hamas has called on Egypt to open the Rafah border crossing, labelling the demand a “political and humanitarian cause”. Hamas’s political…
Rafah buffer zone to extend 1,000 more meters into Egypt
Egypt
March 24, 2015
Rafah buffer zone to extend 1,000 more meters into Egypt
People in the restive Sinai Peninsula have been informed of a third phase of evacuations to be made as part…