Rafah Crossing

The President of the Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS), MP Jamal El Khoudary, invited the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, to visit the besieged Gaza Strip via...

Quds Press correspondent reported that "Miles of Smiles" convoy was eventually able to enter Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing. The convoy's trucks, which exceeded one hundred, entered Gaza...

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...

On Tuesday, a senior Lebanese parliamentary delegation visited the Gaza Strip holding several meetings with Palestinian officials. The delegation, which met the Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya,...

Twelve doctors from Sudan have crossed into Gaza with their own medical equipment to help their Palestinian colleagues to treat civilians wounded in Israel's offensive. The delegation is one...

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...

Researchers at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) have advised Israeli politicians to allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing and lift the Gaza siege to avoid a...

Haaretz newspaper in Israel has expressed surprise at the new arrangements in place to facilitate international travel for Palestinians leaving Gaza through the Rafah crossing into Egypt. Reports suggest...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Government in the Gaza Strip on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on the Egyptian border station, which claimed the lives of 16 Egyptian soldiers and...

The Egyptian ambassador to Palestine, Yasser Othman, confirmed on Monday that Egypt's intention to lift the Gaza siege completely is still on the new President's agenda. "It is an...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Egyptian parliamentary delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip late on Wednesday via the Rafah Crossing for a short official visit during which they will meet with...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The tenth international Miles of Smiles convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip earlier this week. 114 internationals, many of them women, from several countries crossed into the...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo on Monday as part of a two-day official visit to Egypt and concluded his first Arab and international...

The Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza and the Egyptian Arab Contractors' Company have signed a cooperation agreement for the Gaza reconstruction project funded by a Qatar government...

December 27th 2012 is the fourth anniversary of the Israeli assault on Gaza, known in Israel as "Operation Cast Lead" and in Palestine as "The Battle of al-Furqan'. Many...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A mass wedding ceremony organised by the Islamic National Committee for Social Solidarity has been held in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The ceremony...

The Head of the Gaza Border Agency, Maher Abu-Sabha, has refused entry to the EU Mission charged with monitoring the border with Egypt at Rafah. The Mission was planning...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Indonesian delegation consisting of 45 parliamentarians, journalists and civil society leaders arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, 29 November. The delegation entered through the Rafah...

Egypt's ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Othman, has expressed appreciation for the Palestinian government in Gaza's position, patience and cooperation with the Egyptian authorities in resolving the captured...

On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh phoned Al-Areesh Governor, Abdel Fatah Harhour, and congratulated him on the release and safe return of some recently detained soldiers. He also...

Dissatisfaction is growing in Gaza at the shortages of basic essentials and the high prices caused by the Egyptian army's closure of the tunnels under the Rafah border of...

Informed sources in Egypt have revealed that former Fatah thug Mohamed Dahlan is plotting a major conflict between Gaza and the Egyptian army. The Dubai-based Dahlan is being backed...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Several days before the military coup in Egypt, the army started to demolish the tunnels under the border with the Gaza Strip on the pretext of protecting...

The Egyptian army presence on the border with Gaza has been reinforced following the mass deployment of additional troops on Wednesday. Witnesses said that a huge number of soldiers...

A Palestinian official in Gaza said that a representative of the Egyptian army told the government in Gaza that the Rafah Crossing was closed until further notice. Since the...

Tel Aviv has confirmed continued security and military coordination-particularly regarding the Sinai Peninsula and tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip – with the Egyptian army represented by Defence...

The Egyptian army has reinforced its presence along the border with the Gaza Strip, ordering more tanks and armoured vehicles to the area to guard watch towers and barracks....

Around 900 Palestinian pilgrims have been stranded due to Egypt's decision to close the Rafah border crossing into the besieged Gaza Strip. Some of the pilgrims are still in...

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza has announced the suspension of its school construction programme. Work on 39 new schools has been stopped due to the...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The demolition of tunnels under the Rafah border by the Egyptian army has created serious shortages in the besieged Gaza Strip. Army personnel using heavy equipment have...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has denied news reports published in Egypt about the arrest of its members in Rafah. Hamas criticised the media for relying on Israeli sources for...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Facebook activists in Gaza organised on Saturday a rally in the middle of Gaza City against what they called an "organised defamation campaign" carried out against Palestinians...