Rafah border crossing

More than a thousand Palestinians crossed into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on Sunday. The Egyptian authorities sent back 72 people, according to Gaza's Borders and Crossings Authority;...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Egyptian authorities have announced that the Rafah border in the Gaza Strip will be open in both directions until Thursday morning. This is the first time...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Miles of Smiles Convoy to Gaza arrived in the Strip through the Rafah border crossing with a number of convoy participants riding pneumatic bicycles lending a very...

A leading Egyptian journalist, Ibrahim Al Darrawy, has told Quds Press that Turkey's Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, is due to pay a visit to Egypt on 21st July. According...

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday met with journalists in the Gaza Strip to mark World Press Freedom Day during which he discussed efforts to achieve Palestinian national reconciliation. Mr...

A call for "million-man" marches in support of the Palestinians has been made by Egypt's Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution. The first march, to be held in Alexandria...

The spokesman for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza has said that his government is keen on having strong ties with Egypt. Taher El-Nunu described the relationship as "strategic". During...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, April 6, the Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger, arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Mr Spindelegger is set to hold...

The Minister of Public Works and Housing in Gaza has announced that a memorandum of understanding will be signed next week to allow construction materials through the Rafah border...

The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has published the conditions set out by negotiators for a ceasefire to end the current Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. The newspaper said...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, and his wife, Sheikha Moza, finally arrived in the Gaza Strip today following the announcement of their impending trip...

The London-based newspaper Al Hayat has reported that the Qatari government has reached an agreement with Egypt for building materials to enter Gaza through the Rafah border crossing. Journalist...

The internationally renowned thinker, critic and linguistics scholar Noam Chomsky has arrived in the Gaza Strip to participate in an international conference organised by the English Department at the...

After concluding meetings between Palestinian and Egyptian senior security officials, Palestinian Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh is scheduled to meet his Egyptian counterpart this week, the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Qandil in Cairo on Monday to discuss various possibilities to lift the siege of the Gaza Strip, including alternatives...

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has warned of a real "health catastrophe" if the Rafah border crossing with Egypt remains closed. A spokesman for the ministry, Dr. Ashraf El-Kedra,...

The Arab Affairs Committee of the People's Assembly in Cairo has recommended making a legal study of the crossings between Egypt and Gaza and how they operate. The purpose...

The Kuwait Red Crescent Society has announced that it has sent a transport aircraft loaded with medical supplies to the Gaza Strip. KRCS Chairman Barjas Al-Barjas said that the...

MPs from the Hamas Movement's Change and Reform Block have set out from Gaza on an official visit, the first of its kind, to Switzerland since the Movement's victory...

Ismail Haniyeh, the elected Prime Minister of the Palestinian government in Gaza, has left the territory for a tour of Arab capitals and Turkey. This is his second such...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The second group of Palestinian prisoners whose freedom was secured as part of the prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel earlier this year have been released....

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In a historic visit to the Gaza Strip, the head of Hamas' Political Bureau, Khaled Meshaal, entered through the Rafah border crossing to participate in Hamas' 25th...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has stressed that humanitarian solidarity with the people of Gaza and lifting the Israeli blockade imposed on them since 2006 is much more...

Gaza is not living in political isolation and its communications with Arab and international parties have not stopped, a spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government has insisted. Dr Bassem...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESYesterday, Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, was finally able to visit Gaza after having been denied entry by Israeli officials via the Israeli border crossing at Beit Hanoun,...

Egypt's decision to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza was anticipated; nevertheless its timing had significant political import. It was not just a positive undertaking on the border,...