Rafah

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.
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

Palestinians walk surrounded by the rubble of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes during the war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 22, 2026

Officials criticize partial reopening of Rafah, baby left outside office in Hadera

 An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor missile as rockets are fired from Gaza, in Sderot, Israel, May 10, 2023.

The cost of risk: Why Israel’s security voice must outweigh Davos technocrats - editorial


Trump admin urging Israel to allow terrorists free passage past IDF-controlled Gaza - US official

According to a report by the Saudi outlet al-Hadath, Kushner told the prime minister that the US would like Hamas terrorists to leave for areas under Hamas control or depart to another country.

Concrete blocks demarcate Gaza's Yellow Line, November 4, 2025; illustrative.

US offered Hamas safe passage to return Hadar Goldin - report

Sources say Washington proposed safe passage for Hamas terrorists in Rafah in exchange for the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains.

A poster of Hadar Goldin hanging among cards with messages for Gaza hostages, Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, October 28, 2025.

US likely to pressure Israel to ease stance on terrorists in Rafah tunnels, official tells 'Post'

US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, are expected to arrive in Israel on Monday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials.

 Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in Gaza, June 8, 2025

Why it took 11 years to return deceased hostage Hadar Goldin from Gaza? - explainer

After 11 years, Hamas has returned Lieutenant Hadar Goldin. His story reveals how Israel’s policy on hostage deals changed after the Schalit exchange.

Activists gather outside Lt. Hadar Goldin's home, hoping for the return of his remains from Gazan terror captivity, Kfar Saba, Israel, November 8, 2025.

Hamas says terrorists holed up in Rafah will not surrender

"The enemy must know that the concept of surrender and handing oneself over does not exist in the dictionary of the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades," the group said.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Israel sees delay in return of Hadar Goldin's remains as serious, demands immediate return - source

The IDF was prepared to receive the remains of a deceased hostage, with the possibility that it is those of Goldin, who was killed in Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Hostage remains arrive in Israel on October 20, 2025.

US pressuring Israel to allow terrorists behind Yellow Line safe passage - report

Despite Israel’s opposition to allowing the terrorists to cross, US officials have continued to pressure the Jewish state, citing Hamas’s willingness to release the bodies of the remaining hostages.

 A Palestinian man is seen detained by the IDF in Rafah, Gaza, in the summer of 2024.

Egypt's proposal for holed-up Hamas terrorists: Hand over weapons, locate Rafah tunnels to exit

Two of the sources said the Hamas fighters in Rafah, which the group's armed wing has said have been out of contact since March, might be unaware that a ceasefire was in place.

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shajaiyah, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

Netanyahu stresses no safe passage for Hamas terrorists without disarming, IDF will not block deal

Israel was reportedly considering allowing some 200 Hamas terrorists currently within the Israeli side of the Yellow Line in Gaza to return to Rafah if they agree to lay down their weapons.

A Hamas terrorist pictured in the Gaza Strip, November 2, 2025; illustrative.

Hamas intends to use bulldozers to bury hostage remains, not recover them, Israel suspects - KAN

According to KAN, Israeli officials were notified of Hamas's actions in the video as they happened.

Palestinian gunmen walk as heavy machinery operates at a site where searches for deceased hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel are underway amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2025.