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Rafah. / 31.27250°N 34.25861°E / 31.27250; 34.25861. Rafah ( Arabic: رفح Rafaḥ [rafaħ]) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. [ 4]
Rafah Border Crossing. / 31.24858°N 34.25923°E / 31.24858; 34.25923. The Rafah Border Crossing ( Arabic: معبر رفح, romanized : Ma`bar Rafaḥ) or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between Egypt and Palestine 's Gaza Strip. It is located on the Egypt–Palestine border.
The Egypt–Palestine border, [ 1] also called Egypt–Gaza border, is the 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. There is a buffer zone along the border which is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long. The Rafah Border Crossing is the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. It is located on the ...
The Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing is Gaza's main lifeline to the outside world that is not run by Israel. It is on Gaza's southern border with Egypt, and has become the focal point of efforts ...
The entrance of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on August 27. - Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images What is it usually like to cross the Rafah border?
Rafah, Egypt. / 31.28861°N 34.24111°E / 31.28861; 34.24111. Rafah ( Arabic: رفح, IPA: [ˈɾɑfɑħ]) is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Rafah is the site of the Rafah ...
Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah, satellite images analyzed Friday by The ...
1,000,000+ Palestinians displaced (est.) [ 74] On 6 May 2024, Israel began a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war . Before the offensive, about 1.4 million displaced Palestinians from elsewhere in the Gaza Strip had sought shelter in Rafah.