Australian families in Gaza told to head to Rafah as border crossing opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Australian families in Gaza told to head to Rafah as border crossing opens

ABC  

Some Australians trapped in Gaza have been advised to go to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt as the border opens to foreign nationals. Key points: Foreign media has reported Gaza's Rafah crossing may be opened to allow 400 foreign nationals to leave A number of Australians have received advice to head to the crossing if it is safe for them to do so It is not clear how many Australians have been advised they are on the approved list Egypt has allowed the first foreign nationals to leave Gaza through its border, following a deal being struck between the United States and Israel, according to AFP. "The Australian Government will continue to work to gain permission for any remaining Australians and their families to depart Gaza." "Australia continues to work with authorities and support international efforts to establish a safe passage corridor both for humanitarian supplies and for Australians and their family members who want to depart Gaza."

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Egypt, Israel discussing opening Rafah border amid worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Egypt, Israel discussing opening Rafah border amid worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Report

Firstpost  

Both Egypt and Hamas have reportedly signalled a willingness to ease their stance. They hae hinted at dropping demands for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area Egypt is in discussions with Israel to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza as part of a renewed effort to increase aid deliveries to the enclave and move toward a …

Egypt warns Israel of ‘dire repercussions’ over Rafah operation in Gaza
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Egypt warns Israel of ‘dire repercussions’ over Rafah operation in Gaza

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Egypt could consider downgrading relations with Israel if it presses on with a military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, an Egyptian official told CNN. In a statement on …

The Latest | Israel's military seizes the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt
8 months ago

The Latest | Israel's military seizes the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt

The Independent  

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Israel seizes key Gaza border crossing as it launches assault on Rafah
8 months ago

Israel seizes key Gaza border crossing as it launches assault on Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have seized control of Gaza’s Rafah border crossing, cutting off a vital route for humanitarian aid and potential sanctuary for civilians from a building offensive. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had seized “operational control” of the Gaza side of the border post, which links the besieged enclave with Egypt. The 401st Brigade entered the Rafah …

UN chief urges Israel to allow aid supplies into Gaza
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief urges Israel to allow aid supplies into Gaza

Firstpost  

The bulk of the 2.4 million people living in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes due to the nearly six months of fighting and siege, and the region’s civilian infrastructure has been decimated Packed in by the Egyptian border, 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge in Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, and Israel has pledged to continue …

'A sort of Egyptian nightmare': UN aid chief warns of possible spillover of Gazans into Egypt
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'A sort of Egyptian nightmare': UN aid chief warns of possible spillover of Gazans into Egypt

Firstpost  

The UN aid chief Martin Griffiths cautioned that if Israel initiates a military operation in the border town of Rafah, there’s a risk of Palestinians overflowing into Egypt. While the Israeli military aims to root out Islamist militants and release hostages held since the Hamas attack in Israel on 7 October, they haven’t disclosed plans for civilian evacuation. “The possibility …

Live updates | Deadly strikes across Gaza as Israel makes plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah
11 months ago

Live updates | Deadly strikes across Gaza as Israel makes plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes hit the central Gaza Strip and the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt overnight into Friday, killing nearly two dozen people including women and children, witnesses and hospital officials said. “I saw people needing food, water, sanitation issues.. We need to get humanitarian aid in.” Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by the militant …

‘We’re waiting to be martyred’: Palestinians await Israeli attack on Rafah
11 months ago

‘We’re waiting to be martyred’: Palestinians await Israeli attack on Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians in Gaza say they have nowhere to run as they brace for Israel to escalate military operations on Rafah. They said Israel has deliberately and disproportionately targeted civilians in Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’s surprise attack on Israeli communities and military outposts on October 7, in which 1,139 people were killed and 240 taken as captives into Gaza by …

A Major U.N. Agency Is In Chaos. It’s Making Life Even Harder In Gaza.
11 months, 1 week ago

A Major U.N. Agency Is In Chaos. It’s Making Life Even Harder In Gaza.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Saady Lozon used to employ hundreds of Gazans, provide IT services to customers around the world — including in Israel — and travel internationally to promote Palestinians’ tech skills. “If people want it to be easy, it’s very easy,” said Sammy Nabulsi, a Boston-based attorney who is working with Americans stuck in Gaza or who have family …

Gazans undertake a perilous journey to Egypt that ends with a single step through the narrow Rafah crossing
1 year ago

Gazans undertake a perilous journey to Egypt that ends with a single step through the narrow Rafah crossing

ABC  

Shivering in the darkness, Sahar Ramy pulled a small pink suitcase behind her as she followed her family through the dawn and towards freedom. Members of the Ramy family wait for their transport on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing after leaving Gaza. Egyptian aid workers wait to unload a plane of supplies destined for Gaza at Al Arish …

Australians turn to WhatsApp group for help to get family members out of Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

Australians turn to WhatsApp group for help to get family members out of Gaza

ABC  

The messages come at all hours of the day and night. Dhlan says that in the WhatsApp group he started, "every single family, they have someone blocked". Asked whether there is a problem getting men approved for the Rafah Crossing list, Watts says that "for the Australian government's approach, we don't make any kind of prioritisation like that". Ayman Dhlan's …

Near Rafah border, baby dies and aid held up again as Israel’s war resumes
1 year, 1 month ago

Near Rafah border, baby dies and aid held up again as Israel’s war resumes

Al Jazeera  

One of the 28 premature Gaza babies moved to Egypt from al-Shifa Hospital is dead. Hundreds of trucks carrying aid for Gaza were lined up in a long queue at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing. From the moment a truck moves into the Rafah border crossing it takes two or three more days for the aid to …

Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border
1 year, 1 month ago

Gazans fleeing the Israel-Gaza war say even with a visa to Australia, it's a struggle to cross the Rafah border

ABC  

Mahmoud Idrees is on the brink. "Until now didn't put our name on the Gaza checking point, the Rafah crossing." Now in the south of Gaza, Mahmoud said he had been checking regularly whether his family's names have been put on "the list", and he is growing impatient. 'Unimaginable' conditions As Mahmoud and his family wait anxiously in southern Gaza …

Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety
1 year, 1 month ago

Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety

NPR  

Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Aya Batrawy/NPR Aya Batrawy/NPR RAFAH, Egypt — A dusty, remote border crossing on the tip of Egypt's North Sinai has become the focus of international attention because it is currently the only way in and out of the Gaza …

‘We saw death’: Egyptian nationals trying to leave Gaza stuck at Rafah
1 year, 2 months ago

‘We saw death’: Egyptian nationals trying to leave Gaza stuck at Rafah

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of foreign nationals managed to exit Gaza through the Rafah crossing, but some Palestinian Egyptians remain stranded as Israel’s war rages. “Luck is not on my side.” ‘We have the right to leave’ An estimated 50,000 dual nationals living in the Gaza Strip hold both Palestinian and Egyptian citizenship, according to Alaa al-Din Obeid, a member of the Egyptian …

Brits returning from Gaza describe chaos and crisis at Rafah crossing: ‘They saw us as a protective presence’
1 year, 2 months ago

Brits returning from Gaza describe chaos and crisis at Rafah crossing: ‘They saw us as a protective presence’

The Independent  

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Foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza through Rafah Crossing
1 year, 2 months ago

Foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians leave Gaza through Rafah Crossing

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dozens of foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians left Gaza through …

Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza for Egypt amid Israel war
1 year, 2 months ago

Hundreds of foreign passport holders leave Gaza for Egypt amid Israel war

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of foreign passport holders, including Palestinian dual nationals, have left Gaza via the Rafah border crossing to Egypt. At least 320 foreign nationals entered Egypt from Gaza on Tuesday after the Rafah crossing was closed over the weekend, the Reuters news agency reported, citing Egyptian sources. The United States has helped more than 400 of its citizens, lawful permanent …

As more Palestinians with foreign citizenship leave Gaza, some families are left in the lurch
1 year, 2 months ago

As more Palestinians with foreign citizenship leave Gaza, some families are left in the lurch

Associated Press  

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Dozens of Palestinians with foreign passports crossed through the war-torn Gaza Strip’s only exit for the second straight day Thursday, escaping Israel’s suffocating siege into the empty Egyptian desert. Nizar, a 41-year-old aid worker from Gaza City, gently shook his children awake at dawn and drove to Gaza’s southern Rafah crossing with his wife, 8-month-old son …

Confusion And Hope At Gaza's Border With Egypt As First Foreign Passport Holders Depart
1 year, 2 months ago

Confusion And Hope At Gaza's Border With Egypt As First Foreign Passport Holders Depart

Huff Post  

Palestinians cross to the Egyptian side of the border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Nov. 1, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hundreds of foreign passport-holders and dozens of other seriously wounded Palestinians desperate to escape Israel’s bombardment of Gaza crowded around the black metal gate on the Egyptian border Wednesday, hoping to pass through …

Watch view of Rafah border as crossing expected to open for second day
1 year, 2 months ago

Watch view of Rafah border as crossing expected to open for second day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch a view of the …

UK pushing for Britons to be allowed out of Gaza as Israeli strikes continue
1 year, 2 months ago

UK pushing for Britons to be allowed out of Gaza as Israeli strikes continue

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Intensive diplomatic efforts involving Prime …

Gaza-Egypt border crossing offers potential route out for trapped Britons
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza-Egypt border crossing offers potential route out for trapped Britons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Intensive diplomatic efforts involving Rishi …

Israel-Hamas War: Foreigners Leave Gaza As Rafah Border Opens For First Time
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: Foreigners Leave Gaza As Rafah Border Opens For First Time

ABP News  

Scores of people holding foreign passports left the war-torn Gaza for Egypt after the Rafah border crossing opened for the first time since the beginning of the war on October 7, reported AFP. The Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority earlier this morning published a list of more than 500 foreigners and dual citizenship holders, calling them to head towards the …

Israel-Hamas war, Day 26 | Bolivia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza strikes
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war, Day 26 | Bolivia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza strikes

The Hindu  

November 01, 2023 19:10 Gaza crossing opens for foreign passport holders and wounded After more than three weeks of siege, the first Palestinians — dozens of dual passport holders and seriously injured — were allowed to leave Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes pounded a refugee camp for the second day Wednesday. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still …

Rafah crossing opens briefly to allow some foreigners, wounded to exit Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Rafah crossing opens briefly to allow some foreigners, wounded to exit Gaza

Al Jazeera  

A border crossing linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip has temporarily opened to allow a limited number of critically wounded people and foreign nationals to exit, as Israeli forces press on with their ground and aerial offensive on the besieged enclave. Some 500 people overall were expected to leave Gaza on Wednesday through the Egypt-controlled Rafah crossing that opened for …

Chaos, fear reign as foreign nationals try to leave Gaza through Rafah
1 year, 2 months ago

Chaos, fear reign as foreign nationals try to leave Gaza through Rafah

Al Jazeera  

The Rafah border crossing opened to allow some foreign and dual nationals to leave Gaza – but bombs are still dropping. Since he learned that the border crossing linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip temporarily opened Wednesday to allow a limited number of critically wounded people and foreign nationals to exit, Abukhousa has been desperately trying to reach his family. …

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening
1 year, 2 months ago

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening

NPR  

Photos: A look at the scene of the Rafah border crossing opening Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images A first group of foreign passport holders have left Gaza. They are currently inside the terminal at the Rafah border crossing and are waiting to cross into Egypt. The Rafah border crossing into Egypt is the only …

Israel-Hamas war: With the Rafah border crossing open, who’s exiting Gaza?
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: With the Rafah border crossing open, who’s exiting Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s border with Egypt opened for limited evacuation today, allowing for just under 500 people to flee war-torn Gaza. The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened on Wednesday, allowing limited evacuations from the besieged enclave to Egypt after nearly nearly four weeks of Israel’s war. Before 15:00 GMT, the General Authority for Crossings in Gaza told Al Jazeera …

Rafah crossing linking war-torn Gaza to Egypt opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Rafah crossing linking war-torn Gaza to Egypt opens

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 foreigners, dual nationals and dozens of injured Palestinians are allowed to leave the war-torn enclave. More than 500 foreign nationals and dual citizens will be allowed to leave the enclave, the Gaza Borders and Crossings Authority said in a statement verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad Agency. Convoys of desperately needed aid have been trickling in Gaza through …

After weeks in besieged Gaza, foreign nationals, wounded Palestinians allowed to leave
1 year, 2 months ago

After weeks in besieged Gaza, foreign nationals, wounded Palestinians allowed to leave

LA Times  

Hundreds of dual passport holders and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza on Wednesday after more than three weeks under siege, while Israeli airstrikes destroyed apartments in a densely populated area for a second day. The first people to leave Gaza — other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces — …

Egypt to receive wounded Gazans via Rafah crossing today: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Egypt to receive wounded Gazans via Rafah crossing today: Report

Hindustan Times  

Egypt is preparing to receive wounded Palestinians from the heavily bombarded Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing for medical treatment, medical and security sources said on Tuesday. Palestinians conduct search and rescue works at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip It comes amid unrelenting Israeli bombardment of the Hamas-run …

UK Border Force in position to help get Britons out of Gaza, PM reveals
1 year, 2 months ago

UK Border Force in position to help get Britons out of Gaza, PM reveals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK Border Force teams are set up in Egypt to …

Israel-Hamas war: The significance of Rafah border and why its reopening matters to Egypt | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: The significance of Rafah border and why its reopening matters to Egypt | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Over the past few days, thousands have fled south of the Gaza Strip after Israel ordered the evacuation of over one million civilians in the north — nearly half of the total population of the Palestinian enclave — ahead of an anticipated ground invasion by the Israeli military. The Gaza Strip is a narrow 41-km designated …

Humanitarian aid starts entering Gaza crossing from Egypt
1 year, 2 months ago

Humanitarian aid starts entering Gaza crossing from Egypt

Firstpost  

Egyptian state television showed several trucks entering the Rafah crossing on the 15th day of the war between Israel and Hamas Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing into the Rafah border crossing from Egypt Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP. Egyptian state television showed several trucks entering the gate …

Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza

Associated Press  

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off and began pounding it with airstrikes following Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Doctors Without Borders said Gaza’s health care system is “facing collapse.” Meantime, …

Palestinians stuck in Egypt desperate to return to Gaza amid Israel attacks
1 year, 2 months ago

Palestinians stuck in Egypt desperate to return to Gaza amid Israel attacks

Al Jazeera  

Time and money are running out for hundreds of Palestinians stuck in El Arish, northern Egypt. El Arish, Egypt – Aylol Abo Elwan was making his way from the Rafah border crossing to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the morning of October 7 – he was travelling from his home in southern Gaza to see a specialist doctor. Since the …

What role could Egypt play in helping Palestinians trapped by the Israel-Gaza war? Rafah crossing could be the only escape
1 year, 2 months ago

What role could Egypt play in helping Palestinians trapped by the Israel-Gaza war? Rafah crossing could be the only escape

ABC  

With Israel warning residents in the north of Gaza to evacuate ahead of a planned ground invasion, Palestinians have been fleeing south — and all eyes are on its closest neighbour, Egypt, as a potential lifeline. Egypt had also blamed the Israeli government for "not taking a position on opening the Rafah crossing from the Gaza side" in the days …

On Egypt-Gaza border, blocked aid waits to reach Palestinians
1 year, 2 months ago

On Egypt-Gaza border, blocked aid waits to reach Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

As aid remains blocked at the Rafah crossing, and Cairo residents collect donations, many ask when the border will open. “Open the Rafah crossing point!” This is, among other things, what several hundred demonstrators chanted while gathered on the evening of Wednesday, October 18 in front of the headquarters of the journalists’ union in the centre of Cairo. As if …

The ragged border crossing that could become Gaza's lifeline
1 year, 2 months ago

The ragged border crossing that could become Gaza's lifeline

NPR  

The ragged border crossing that could become Gaza's lifeline Enlarge this image toggle caption Hatem Ali/AP Hatem Ali/AP I've made dozens of reporting trips to the Gaza Strip, most always because something terrible was happening. It was November 2005, and the place was the Rafah border crossing, at the southern end of Gaza, the gateway to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Rafah …

Israel-Hamas war: Aid for Gaza stuck in Egypt with Rafah crossing closed
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: Aid for Gaza stuck in Egypt with Rafah crossing closed

New Indian Express  

The Rafah crossing -- the only passage in and out of the Gaza Strip not controlled by Israel -- has been closed since Tuesday, after three Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian border post within 24 hours. On Saturday, an American official confirmed to AFP that Egypt and Israel had reached an agreement to allow American citizens to leave Gaza …

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