Rafah border crossing

Israel plans large camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, retired general says

He does not speak on behalf of the IDF, which declined to comment. The Prime Minister's Office did not immediately provide comment on any plans to build a camp in Rafah.

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Hamas terrorists stand at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the body of the last deceased hostage, in Gaza City December 8, 2025.

Hamas will only discuss disarmament after Rafah Crossing opens, sources tell 'Post' - exclusive

A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025

Rafah Border Crossing will be test for Gaza’s next stage - analysis

St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

IDF recovers remains of final hostage Ran Gvili after covert operations in northern Gaza


Egyptian president: Israel deviously shirking ceasefire efforts

Egypt has condemned Israel's seizure of the crossing and closed the passageway to goods on its side.

 (L-R) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

What happened on Day 221?

Hamas uses UN facilities for cover • US denies it withheld information about Hamas leaders' whereabouts • IDF kills Hamas terrorists in UNRWA school

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.

Israel secretly asked Palestinian Authority to run Rafah crossing

Four officials from the PA, Israel and the United States told Axios that Israel made the request as Egypt threatened to disallow the transport of aid unless Israel withdrew from Rafah

 A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, Egypt

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

Egyptian and Qatari mediators working on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas will reconvene in Doha this week.

 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.

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

IDF launched multi-brigade operations in Gaza, targeting terror infrastructure. Air Force airstrikes and ground forces engaged with Hamas terrorists and neutralized terror infrastructure.

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

Hamas will weigh options amid Rafah operation - analysis

Though the Gaza-ruling terrorist organization had been putting out messages of so-called flexibility, they took a gamble with their attack on Kerem Shalom.

 Hamas terrorists

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

Israel allegedly obtained approval for an operation in Rafah as long as it doesn't strike Iran, according to Qatari reports.

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

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

UAE sends 370 tonnes of aid to northern Gaza via land convoy, marking a significant development amid efforts to provide humanitarian support.

 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

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

Guterres will later travel to Jordan where he will visit UNRWA facilities and have a Ramadan Iftar with Palestinian refugees and UN staff in Amman. 

 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.

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

Netanyahu referred to Rafah as "the last Hamas stronghold."

 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.