Rafah border crossing

Cyprus outlines plan for maritime corridor to get aid to Gaza

Under the plan presented by President Nikos Christodoulides at a humanitarian conference in Paris, aid would be sent by sea to Gaza from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

By REUTERS
09/11/2023

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.

By REUTERS
06/11/2023

Gaza evacuations suspended since Saturday after ambulance targeted

One of the security sources and the medical source said the evacuations were suspended after an Israeli strike on Friday on an ambulance in Gaza being used to transport injured people.

By REUTERS
05/11/2023

Thousands of Gazan workers sent back from Israel, West Bank - witnesses

Some of the Gazan workers returned through the Kerem Shalom crossing east of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, they said.

By REUTERS
03/11/2023

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. 

01/11/2023

First foreign nationals and wounded leave Gaza for Egypt

At least 320 foreign passport holders crossed from Gaza to Egypt.

By REUTERS
01/11/2023

Gaza aid distribution struggles amid overcrowding, debris, lack of fuel

A logistics base at the Rafah border crossing that is vital to aid distribution has become harder to operate because 8,000 displaced people are sheltering at it.

By REUTERS
31/10/2023

Egypt says 'Israeli obstacles' impeding aid delivery to Gaza

Before the conflict, about 500 trucks a day were crossing into Gaza, but in recent days, an average of only 12 trucks a day have entered.

By REUTERS
28/10/2023

Some humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza on Tuesday

The United States is negotiating with Israel, Egypt and the United Nations to try and create a sustained delivery mechanism to get aid into Gaza.

By REUTERS
24/10/2023

Turkey sends aid to Gaza, convoy enters Rafah crossing from Egypt

Deliveries of aid through Rafah began on Saturday after wrangling over procedures for inspecting the aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border had left relief materials stranded in Egypt.

By REUTERS
23/10/2023
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