Rafah crossing

IOF prevents ambulances transferring Gaza patients from reaching Rafah crossing

Tuesday-4-March-2025

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip prevented ambulances from reaching the Rafah border crossing to transport the wounded and sick people who are scheduled to travel abroad for treatment.

46 sick and wounded Gazans leave for Egypt

Sunday-2-February-2025

Another group of sick and injured Gazans left for Egypt through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment on Sunday, a Palestinian medical source told Anadolu news agency.

50 sick and wounded citizens leave Gaza through Rafah crossing

Saturday-1-February-2025

In keeping with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, the Gaza Strip’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt was reopened on Saturday to allow sick and wounded Palestinians to leave for medical treatment abroad.

Health: First batch of patients, injured individuals to travel through Rafah crossing on Saturday

Friday-31-January-2025

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the first batch of patients and injured individuals will begin traveling through the Rafah land crossing starting Saturday, February 1.

Rafah Crossing reopens under EU supervision, Egyptians protest against Palestinian displacement

Friday-31-January-2025

The plan to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is set to begin on Friday under the supervision of a multinational European force to secure the crossing.

Egypt prepares to operate Rafah crossing with European monitors

Tuesday-28-January-2025

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Atti said that the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip will soon be reopened once preparations are completed on the Palestinian side, in the presence of European monitors.

Egypt rejects Israeli military presence in the Palestinian side of Rafah crossing, Philadelphi Corridor

Tuesday-3-December-2024

The Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty confirmed on Monday his country's rejection of the Israeli military presence on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing and the Philadelphi Corridor on the border with the southern Gaza Strip.

GMO: Over 1,000 children and patients died due to Israel’s closure of Rafah crossing

Wednesday-14-August-2024

Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) has said that the Israeli occupation army’s closure of the Rafah border crossing over the past 100 days has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 children, patients and wounded civilians, warning that the humanitarian disaster in the war-ravaged costal enclave has deepened.

The Follow-up Committee warns of Israeli plans to replace Rafah Crossing

Tuesday-25-June-2024

The Follow-up Committee of National and Islamic Factions in Palestine have said in a statement on Tuesday that it was following the recurring news that certain parties were coordinating with Israel to facilitate the travel of some patients and foreign nationals through the Karam Abu Salem crossing.

Hamas: Israeli army’s burning of facilities at Rafah crossing “criminal and barbaric”

Tuesday-18-June-2024

The Hamas Movement has described the Israeli occupation army’s burning of the passenger waiting hall and other premises on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing as a “criminal act, a barbaric behavior, and part of the ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.”