Rafah border crossing closed

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.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025
Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip August 30, 2008. Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory, Palestinian officials said.

Rafah Crossing to re-open Friday, terrorists among those to leave

The border crossing is being opened earlier than expected due to the release of hostages on Thursday, which was not originally in the agreement.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, BEN EDIDIN
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Guterres to visit Egyptian border as Israel says Rafah invasion is imminent

Guterres will later travel to Jordan where he will visit UNRWA facilities and have a Ramadan Iftar with Palestinian refugees and UN staff in Amman. 

|ByHANNAH SARISOHN
A girl sleeps on a suitcase as she waits with her family for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing

Egypt closes Rafah crossing early

The Palestinian Embassy in the Egyptian capital did not say why the crossing was closed early.

|ByADAM RASGON

Cairo to open Rafah crossing for Palestinians stuck in Egypt

Egypt had planned to open the crossing for 3 days, but unexpectedly closed it early, leaving Palestinians stranded.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByADAM RASGON
A girl sleeps on a suitcase as she waits with her family for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing

Israel, PA agree to allow cars through Erez Crossing

Up until now, Israel had only allowed the import of cars and a limited number of vans and trucks into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing.

JULY 13, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Erez crossing

Hamas rejects putting PA in charge of Gaza side of Rafah crossing

Since the beginning of this year, the terminal was opened for only 21 days.

DECEMBER 7, 2015ByABU KHALED TOAMEH
A Gaza woman waits at Rafah for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, June 14.

Egypt to open Rafah border crossing into Gaza for 2 days

The border crossing will only allow entry into Gaza, while people in Gaza will not be able to go to Egypt.

MAY 25, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A Palestinian boy is seen at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.

Palestinian students and pilgrimage-seekers protest closed Rafah crossing

Egyptian official says Rafah border may be opened to accommodate pilgrimage requests; Students protest "lost dreams" with symbolic tossing of fake diplomas into sea.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A Palestinian boy is seen at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.