Rafah border

Head of new Gaza leadership Ali Shaath says Rafah Crossing opens 'window of hope' for Gazans

Israel fully reopened the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, a day after rolling out a limited, one-day pilot on Sunday to address potential logistical issues.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
A Palestinian patient, accompanied by relatives, waits to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.
A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025

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
Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023

Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening

Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Palestinians walk along a street flooded by rainwater in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2026.

Who is Ali Shaath, leader of Gaza's new technocratic committee? - explainer

The committee is expected to meet for the first time on Thursday in Egypt, crossing the Rafah border, a Palestinian source told Agence France-Presse.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Egypt decides to temporarily open Rafah crossing

A resident of Gaza City said he hoped that he will be able to travel abroad for studies.

FEBRUARY 7, 2018ByADAM RASGON
A Palestinian boy standing by a gate looks on as he waits for the return of his relatives after performing the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, September 13, 2017

Gaza border opens under PA control for first time in a decade

An Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal last month formally restored Palestinian President Abbas's administrative control of Gaza.

NOVEMBER 18, 2017ByADAM RASGON
Palestinians wait for travel permits to cross into Egypt, for the first time after Hamas ceded Rafah border crossing to the Palestinian Authority, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2017

Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control

The handover follows the conclusion of a reconciliation deal in October between the two Palestinian rival factions.

NOVEMBER 1, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
Hamas hands over control of the Rafa border crossing with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority

Deadline for Palestinian Authority takeover of Gaza set for December 1

How will this impact Gaza border crossings with Egypt and Israel?

OCTOBER 13, 2017ByADAM RASGON, MICHAEL WILNER
Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017.

Hamas leader: Rafah crossing to be opened intermittently

Egyptian intelligence is reportedly making the opening of the crossing conditional on security in the Sinai peninsula.

AUGUST 23, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
Gazans attempting to cross into Egypt at the Rafah crossing

Egypt opens Rafah crossing for first time in three months

Since the ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, Cairo has seldom opened the Rafah crossing.

AUGUST 15, 2017ByADAM RASGON
A Palestinian boy is seen at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border.

Gaza, Egypt border opens for two days, reportedly for VIPS

Among those reportedly crossing were MP's and other political figures as well as academics.

OCTOBER 15, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A Gaza woman waits at Rafah for a travel permit to cross into Egypt, June 14.

Hamas delegation to Egypt fails to improve relations, report says

Hamas refused to admit responsibility in Sinai security incidents, Al-Ahram says.

MARCH 16, 2016ByYAAKOV LAPPIN
Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a protest against the Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's al-Aksa mosque in Khan Yunis

Egypt, Israel and the PA criticized after 10-year-old dies of kidney failure in Gaza

Following her death, Diab has been described on Palestinian social media as "the martyr of the siege on Gaza," who died as a result of the closure of all the border crossings to Gaza.

FEBRUARY 18, 2016ByMAAYAN GROISMAN
Marah Diab

WATCH: Egyptian warplanes bomb targets near Gaza border

Video obtained by Reuters showed what the cameraman said to be an Egyptian warplane flying over Gaza.

DECEMBER 31, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Egyptian warplanes hit Rafah in Egypt