Tag: Rafah crossing

The EU’s Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, has welcomed the reopening of the Rafah crossing, describing it as a “lifeline” for injured and sick Palestinian people in Gaza. The crossing, ...

After nearly two years of closure, Israel has announced plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday. However, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), an Israeli ...

The Rafah border crossing reopened on Saturday, February11, 2025, for the first time since May 2024 to allow Palestinian patients to cross over from Gaza to Egypt to receive medical treatment Israeli forces closed the ...

In the volatile landscape of the Israel-Palestine conflict, ceasefire negotiations hang in the balance as one incident can ignite a firestorm of controversy. On Monday, May 6, 2024, Hamas voiced ...

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has stated that the ceasefire proposal agreed on by Hamas “falls far short of Israel’s essential demands.” Netanyahu said that the capture of the Rafah ...

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it has achieved “operational control” of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza side. Israeli tanks took over the crossing in ...

According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, Israel has approved the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing temporarily. “The cabinet’s decision determines ...

Amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza, UN Security Council envoys have arrived in Egypt to inspect the Rafah border crossing with the besieged enclave. The day-long visit, organised by the ...

EU Foreign Ministers have endorsed a “humanitarian pause” in the war between Israel and Hamas in order to allow aid to get into Gaza in sufficient quantities. EU’s high representative ...

U.S Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has urged all parties to keep the Rafah crossing into Gaza open to enable aid to continue coming through. He noted that the opening of the ...