Four busloads of passengers were permitted to enter the besieged Gaza Strip from Egypt on Saturday, on the first of a three-day opening of the Rafah crossing. Director of public relations at the Hamas-run Ministry [ More … ]
Egyptian security officials say three people have been injured in clashes between militants and local tribes in the Sinai peninsula. Egyptian tribal leaders and security officials say three people have been injured in clashes between [ More … ]
Crowded masses marched on Wednesday in the Rafah governorate in the southern Gaza Strip for the funeral of 15-year-old Yousif Shaaban Abu Athra, who was killed before dawn on Wednesday by an Israeli artillery shell [ More … ]
An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed and two other Palestinians were injured by Israeli shelling in eastern Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip before dawn on Wednesday. Locals said that Israeli drones were also flying [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday in one direction to allow those stuck on the Egyptian side to return to Gaza. The Gaza Ministry of Interior [ More … ]
A security delegation from the besieged Gaza Strip headed on Tuesday evening to Egypt via the Rafah crossing to meet with Egyptian officials. Sources said that Hamas security delegation led by Major Tawfiq Abu Naim, head of [ More … ]
Israeli Forces carried out Thursday morning a limited incursion south of Rafah city to the south of Gaza Strip. Local sources said that four Israeli military bulldozers moved some 100 meters into southern Rafah city. [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday reopened the Rafah border crossing with Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip for five days, in order to allow Gazans in urgent need to enter and exit the besieged Palestinian enclave. “The terminal was [ More … ]
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