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Rafah border crossing

 IDF soldiers operate in Rafah, August 29, 2024.

IDF destroyed 80% of Hamas's tunnels in Rafah, military sources claim

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) during their meeting as part of an effort to revive the Middle East peace process ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, September 19, 2017.

Egypt to hand Hamas a proposal for Philadelphi and Rafah

 View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.

A ceasefire deal: What would be the Israeli demands in it? - KAN

 View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024.

Cairo hostage negotiations show progress, despite tepid atmosphere

 Food in Gaza, seen by the Jerusalem Post this week.

How Israel manages Gaza aid: 'Post' journeys to key crossings

 Trucks stand at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, April 25, 2024.

Rafah border crossing can't reopen unless Israeli forces quit Gaza side, Egypt says

By REUTERS
 Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip August 30, 2008. Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory, Palestinian officials said.

Palestinian minister urges US to press Israel to open Rafah Crossing

By REUTERS
 (L-R) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Egyptian president: Israel deviously shirking ceasefire efforts

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.

What happened on Day 221?

 A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt

Israel secretly asked Palestinian Authority to run Rafah crossing

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the Egyptian military units in Suez, as he told the media in his speech that Cairo is playing a very positive role in de-escalating the Gaza crisis, Egypt, October 25, 2023 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency.

Egypt threatened to suspend peace treaty after Israel took over Rafah crossing

 IDF soldier during an operation in Gaza. Uploaded on 13/5/2024

IDF targets terror infrastructure in multi-brigade assault in Jabalya, Zeitun, Rafah Crossing areas

 Hamas terrorists

Hamas will weigh options amid Rafah operation - analysis

 Palestinians gather near a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024

US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran

 Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society load humanitarian aid and relief supplies onto a cargo truck, after the vehicle was checked for explosives, at the port of Umm Qasr Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

UAE sends 370 tonnes of aid, first land convoy reaches Jabalya in northern Gaza

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Guterres to visit Egyptian border as Israel says Rafah invasion is imminent

 Palestinians arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis due to the Israeli ground operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2024.

Israeli offensive in Gaza's Rafah 'cannot be allowed to happen' - UN

By REUTERS
 A border wall stands between Rafah and Egypt, amid fears of an exodus of Palestinians into Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah southern Gaza Strip February 16, 2024

Gazan civilians unable to evacuate to Egypt, but families of Hamas officials can