Rafah

Rafah municipality condemns annexation of Rafah to Israel’s security zones

Saturday-12-April-2025

The Rafah municipality in Gaza has strongly denounced Israeli war minister Yisrael Katz’s decision to annex the area stretching between the Morag road and the Salahuddin (Philadelphi) corridor, which constitutes the entire Rafah governorate, to Israel’s security zones.

Rafah constitutes one-fifth of Gaza Strip’s area, what does Israel’s control of it mean?

Friday-11-April-2025

For more than two weeks, the Israeli occupation army has been launching a multi-front ground military operation, starting from Salah al-Din Street—formerly known as the Netzarim Axis—in the center of the Gaza Strip.

Rafah: A ghost town erased by the Israeli occupation army

Tuesday-8-April-2025

The city of Rafah, located in the far south of the Gaza Strip, has become a disaster zone due to the ongoing Israeli aggression.

IOF launches large-scale ground incursion in Rafah

Wednesday-2-April-2025

Israeli Occupation Forces' (IOF) 36th Division began a large-scale incursion into the city of Rafah as part of its ongoing military operation in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Hebrew media.

Hamas decries mass displacement of Rafah residents

Monday-31-March-2025

The Hamas Movement has described the forced evacuation of Rafah residents in southern Gaza by the Israeli occupation army, under the pressure of bombardment and massacres, as another “war crime” and a “serious escalation in the war on Gaza.”

Tal Al Sultan: Genocide under the eyes of the world

Wednesday-26-March-2025

In a new escalation of the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah is witnessing one of the fiercest military campaigns, where more than 50,000 Palestinians are under siege and bombardment with no chance of escape.

Rafah Municipality: Thousands of families trapped under bombardment in Tal al-Sultan

Monday-24-March-2025

The Rafah Municipality has warned that the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in the governorate is experiencing a massacre.

The aggression on Rafah puts 50,000 Palestinians at imminent risk

Sunday-23-March-2025

The General Directorate of Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip has warned of an imminent risk to the lives of more than 50,000 citizens in the Al-Baraksat area, west of Rafah governorate, after they were besieged by Israeli occupation forces.

Rafah Municipality announces suspension of water services

Saturday-15-March-2025

The Rafah Municipality in southern Gaza announced on Saturday that it is halting the provision of fuel necessary for operating private and agricultural wells due to the ongoing severe Israeli blockade and the closure of crossings and the consequent depletion of fuel.

Rafah: A city on the frontline as border closures worsen residents’ suffering

Friday-14-March-2025

On February 21, 2025, Raafat Al-Ghouti was devastated by the tragic loss of his wife, Hanaa, who was killed inside their home in the Administrative District, about 800 meters from the Egyptian border in southern Rafah.