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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/22/2023 12:06:00 PM
During the Cairo Summit held on Saturday, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi emphasized his call for a sustainable opening of the Rafah crossing, a lifeline for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. On the other side of the border, the Palestinians demand aid, with no strings attached.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/21/2023 1:37:00 PM
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip finally opened on Saturday, allowing 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid including food and medical supplies, from multiple regional and international parties, to deliver aid to 2.3 million Palestinians in the strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/20/2023 8:41:33 PM
US President Joe Biden said Friday he believed the first trucks carrying aid to Gaza would come through the Rafah crossing from Egypt within the next two days.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/20/2023 3:57:50 PM
In a press conference on Friday in front of Egypt's Rafah crossing, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the aid convoys that have been held up waiting for safe passage into Gaza are “a lifeline and the difference between life and death for so many” in the embattled enclave.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/19/2023 8:13:00 PM
A U.N. flag will be raised at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza to protect against Israeli airstrikes under a U.N.-brokered deal between Israel and Egypt to allow aid into the Palestinian territory.
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Egypt
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Society
10/18/2023 3:27:47 PM
Volunteers from the Decent Life Foundation and the National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) have staged a sit-in in front of the Rafah crossing to protest the relocation of Palestinians into Sinai and Israel's refusal to allow safe passage for humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/18/2023 12:31:53 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs gave an interview to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, where he revealed 4 Egyptian workers were injured at the Rafah border crossing, discussed Egypt’s stance on the displacement of 2 million Palestinians, and re-addressed claims that Egyptian intelligence warned Israel of a Hamas attack.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/17/2023 9:25:29 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has rejected as “unacceptable” any attempts to misrepresent Egypt’s position on Rafah Crossing, asserting that the crossing has never been officially closed by Egypt, but it isn’t functioning normally after being targeted by Israel four times.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
10/17/2023 6:49:40 PM
Owing to its historical importance and geopolitical weight, Egypt can contribute decisively to finding a solution to the present situation in Gaza, writes Ioannis Kotoulas
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/16/2023 3:34:00 PM
Egypt has aimed since the start of the conflict to keep the Rafah border crossing open, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said Monday, adding that Israel has not "unfortunately" taken a position to allow for the opening of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza side.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/14/2023 8:18:00 PM
Egyptian authorities have refused the passage of foreign residents of Gaza through the Rafah crossing, except as part of a foreign aid delivery agreement, Al-Qahera News TV reported, citing informed sources.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/10/2023 10:55:02 PM
The National Alliance for Civil Development Work (NACDW) announced that it was preparing a massive aid convoy loaded with food and medical aid on Tuesday to be sent to Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/10/2023 6:04:24 PM
Israel's strikes on the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing, the only crossing between the strip and Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula, have rendered the delivery of humanitarian aid to the 2.3 million residents in Gaza impossible.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/10/2023 1:17:54 PM
The United Nations and other aid agencies were talking with Egypt to send humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza through the Rafah crossing point between the strip and Egypt, an Egyptian official and aid worker said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
11/5/2021 5:15:59 PM
Afaf al-Najar had found a way out of Gaza. The 19-year-old won a scholarship to study communications in Turkey, secured all the necessary travel documents and even paid $500 to skip the long lines at the Rafah crossing.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/3/2021 9:00:00 AM
Egypt has exceptionally opened the crossing since 16 May to enable people stranded on both sides to cross and to deliver aid to Gaza residents
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Egypt
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Politics
7/25/2021 3:22:38 PM
The crossing has been open on an exceptional basis since 16 May upon directives by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
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Egypt
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Politics
6/20/2021 1:08:58 PM
The crossing has been open on an exceptional basis since 16 May following directives of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
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Egypt
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Politics
6/16/2021 8:00:55 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
6/8/2021 11:52:57 AM
The crossing is open according to directives of President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi
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