Rafah border crossing

The Norwegian Refugee Council has warned that 2,000 aid trucks are stuck in Egypt at the Rafah border crossing, with Palestinians in Gaza being “actively deprived” of essential goods. Rafah is the last remaining area of Gaza yet to come…
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Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. The United Nations was clarifying a…
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Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday as it prepared to expand its operation, saying it was also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. Fighting is escalating across the…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a US threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed developments in the Gazan city of Rafah with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa on Thursday. During a meeting in Riyadh, the two officials also discussed…
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Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians have packed up their tents and other belongings from Rafah, dragging families on a new exodus. The main hospital has shut down, leaving little care for people suffering from…
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Saudi Arabia’s 28th plane carrying aid for Palestinians in besieged Gaza arrived at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Friday. The plane, with 15 tons of medical items, is being overseen by KSrelief, Saudi Arabia’s aid agency.…
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An 11th Saudi relief plane for Gaza, carrying 35 tons of aid including food, shelter and medical supplies, reached Al-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Saturday. A day earlier, a ninth relief plane carried three of 20 ambulances…
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The second Saudi relief plane arrived at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Friday, carrying on board 35 tons of relief and humanitarian aid including food and shelter items for the people in Gaza strip. This aid is part of the…
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Hundreds of Palestinian foreign passport holders waited on Tuesday inside the war-stricken and besieged Gaza Strip to escape through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. While most still queued nervously, the first arrivals were seen on the…
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