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Palestinian women recount ‘journey of horror’ at Gaza’s Rafah crossing
Palestinian women have described a “journey of horror” as they passed through the Rafah border crossing on their way home to Gaza from Egypt, with the few allowed to...
Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025
"On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the Rafah crossing," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.A...
Trickle of Palestinians get to leave, enter Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens
Only five medical evacuees were allowed to leave Gaza, and just 12 Palestinians were allowed to return to the war-torn territory due to delays imposed by Israeli authorities as...
IDF to increase Gaza border security due to smuggling risks
IDF officials identified Hamas’s struggle in Gaza, after more than two years of war have left it without stocks of standard explosives, to obtain weapons as well as additional...
Hamas document reveals secret plan to maintain control of Gaza admin. under NCAG’s noses
An illustrative silhouette of a rifle over a background of the Hamas flag. (photo credit: Tomas Ragina/Shutterstock)The document outlines how officials affiliated with Hamas must act before the establishment...
Head of new Gaza leadership Ali Shaath says Rafah Crossing opens ‘window of hope’ for Gazans
Israel fully reopened the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, a day after rolling out a limited, one-day pilot on Sunday to address...
Rafah border crossing reopening is symbolic, even if numbers entering and exiting Gaza are low
It took the best part of a day of waiting around before Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened for limited traffic.Ambulances had gathered on the Egyptian side, waiting...
Israel partially reopens Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza in pilot
Israel says it has partially reopened the critical Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in a limited capacity.Israel announced on Sunday that the crossing had reopened in a...
Dozens dead in Israeli attacks in Gaza, Palestinian agency says
At least 29 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Civil Defence agency reported on Saturday.Fourteen people were killed in an attack on a...
Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials say
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday morning, according to hospitals in Gaza.The casualties included two women and six children from two different families,...
IDF Accepts Gaza Health Ministry’s Death Toll of 71,000
Emilio Morenatti/AP photoAfter more than two years of casting doubt on casualty figures reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health, the Israel Defense Forces now accepts the tallies as...
Israel seeks ‘more exits than entries’ at Gaza’s Rafah as Egypt objects
As preparations accelerate for the partial Israeli reopening of Gaza’s Rafah border crossing, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, a simmering dispute has erupted between Egypt and Israel regarding which and...