Egypt to open Rafah crossing for three days
Friday-10-February-2017
The Egyptian authorities decided to open the Rafah border crossing on Saturday for the travel of passengers for three days.
Rafah crossing
Egypt closes Rafah border crossing after 4-day opening
Wednesday-1-February-2017
The Egyptian authorities closed Wednesday morning the Rafah border crossing the only passageway to the outside world for the besieged Gaza Strip after a four-day exceptional opening.
Rafah crossing opened for the fourth day
Tuesday-31-January-2017
Egyptian authorities extended on Tuesday the opening of the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip by one day.
Passengers travel through Rafah crossing for second day running
Sunday-29-January-2017
The Egyptian authorities on Sunday morning opened the Rafah border crossing for the second consecutive day for the travel of Palestinian passengers in both directions following its decision to open it for three days.
Popular Int’l Committee hails rapprochement between Egypt and Gaza
Saturday-28-January-2017
The Popular International Committee for Supporting Gaza has welcomed the recent rapprochement between Egypt and the Gaza Strip and the renewed opening of the Rafah border crossing for several days.
Egypt opens Rafah crossing as ties with Hamas improves
Saturday-28-January-2017
The Egyptian authorities on Saturday opened the Rafah border crossing in both directions for the travel of Palestinian passengers from and into the Gaza Strip as relations between Hamas and Cairo saw a remarkable improvement recently.
Rafah crossing to be opened for three days
Thursday-26-January-2017
The Gaza border crossings authorities declared on Thursday that Rafah crossing would be opened for three days starting from next week.
Gaza: Passenger traffic at Rafah crossing slightly improved in 2016
Thursday-26-January-2017
The movement of passengers through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt has seen an improvement in 2016 compared with 2015 albeit slightly.
Egypt closes Rafah border crossing after 3-day opening
Tuesday-20-December-2016
Egyptian authorities closed Tuesday morning the Rafah border crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip after it was opened for three consecutive days.
40 modern cars allowed access into blockaded Gaza in 1st such move
Sunday-18-December-2016
The Egyptian authorities on Saturday evening allowed the access of modern cars into the blockaded Gaza Strip via the Egyptian-run Rafah border crossing.
