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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, 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 ...
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 Battle of Rafa, also known as the Action of Rafah, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War. The Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked an entrenched Ottoman Army ...
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Palestine (region) The region of Palestine, [ i] also known as historic Palestine, [ 1][ 2][ 3] is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy ...
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 Philadelphi Route separates Egyptian Sinai from the Gaza strip, stretching north-northwest from Kerem Shalom until the Mediterranean Sea. The Philadelphi Corridor, also called Philadelphi Route, is the Israeli code name for a narrow strip of land, 14 km (8.7 miles) in length, situated along the entirety of the border between Gaza Strip and ...