Rafah

Rafah is one of the largest cities in the Gaza Strip, located on its far southern end on the border with Egypt.

The city is the site of the Rafah border crossing, the only entry and exit point out of Gaza and into Egypt, compared to the other border crossings that go into Israel.

Rafah is partially divided, with part of the city being located on the Egyptian side of the border. A network of smuggling tunnels run beneath the city and crossing in an attempt to circumvent the blockade around Gaza.

IDF says Gaza terrorists launched rockets at aid distribution site in Rafah

The rocket fell approximately 250 meters from the aid distribution site adjacent to the Morag Corridor in the Rafah area.

Palestinians gather to collect aid supplies after trucks loaded with aid entered from Israel through central Gaza, in Gaza City, July 22, 2025
 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025.

Sources: Potential Hamas deal may lead to withdrawal to Jan. Gaza security perimeter

 Israelis attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, July 13, 2025.

Significant progress in hostage talks following further Israeli flexibility, sources tell 'Post'

 IDF soldiers operate in the Morag Corridor, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Gaza hostage talks stalled by Knesset recess, not IDF troop placement - analysis


March for Gaza activists 'abducted, beaten' by Egyptian guards, organizers say

Egypt's foreign ministry had previously said travel to the Rafah area required prior approval to ensure safety. Organisers say they sought to coordinate through proper channels.

 An Italian delegation of political, academic, and human rights figures hold banners and protest during their visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, May 18, 2025.

Egypt deports, detains hundreds of activists in Cairo, preventing them from joining Gaza convoy

This comes as the Egyptian Foreign Ministry released a statement on Thursday confirming it would not allow entry of the Resilience Convoy without necessary permits.

 Pro-Palestinian activists from Denmark and Sweden attempting to join the Global March for Gaza have been deported from Cairo.

7,000 activists begin 300-vehicle convoy from Tunisia to Rafah, aim to open corridor

The Maghreb Resilience Convoy's 300-vehicle caravan departed from Tunis on Monday morning, before crossing the Libyan border on Tuesday.

 Over 7,000 pro-Palestinian activists from Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, begun a protest convoy on Monday, with the aim to reach the Rafah crossing by land.

IDF fires at suspects who approached Israeli forces at Gaza aid distribution site

The military said it is aware of reports regarding casualties, and the details of the incident are being looked into. 

 PALESTINIANS SEEKING aid gather near a distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah on Tuesday. The Hamas government made its priority readying for war and not the feeding of the people who voted them into power, the writer asserts.

WATCH: GHF proves IDF did not shoot at innocent Gazans at aid distribution sites

News channels such as CNN and BBC still have false reports of 31 killed Gazans by IDF fire as their headlines, despite GHF's video evidence.

 CNN and BBC are among many news websites with false headlines that the IDF opened fire on Gazans near aid distribution sites, June 1, 2025.

GHF opens third Gaza aid center, hands out up to 1.8 million meals

The authority said that eight trucks of aid were distributed from the central Gaza site, totaling 7,680 boxes that provide 443,520 meals.

 GAZA RESIDENTS carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, near the Netzarim Corridor, yesterday.

Watch: Aid distribution centers in Gaza 'mark end of Hamas rule,' source tells 'Post'

There are two more food centers on the way, although this still leaves one million Palestinians getting aid from UN.

 A map showing the locations of the distribution centers established in the Gaza Strip on May 27, 2025.

'The captors put my life in danger for fun': Omer Wenkert reveals more about captivity

Wenkert told audiences in Eilat that he was intentionally starved in captivity, and that there were weeks that he did not receive food.

 Freed hostage Omer Wenkert speaks at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Eilat yesterday.

Gazan from Rafah arrested while transporting Palestinian near Jerusalem

The incident occurred during an operation on Monday night, when police officers from the Jerusalem District noticed a vehicle entering a community near Jerusalem that raised suspicion. 

 A car belonging to a Palestinian from Rafah, Gaza, seized by Israel Police, May 13, 2025.

WATCH: IDF dismantles Hamas tunnel in Rafah after terrorists provide intel in interrogation

IDF raided several buildings in the area, where they discovered weapons and military equipment.

 IDF map of underground terrorist infrastructure dismantled in Rafah, May 9, 2025.

Shin Bet, police criticize IDF's disclosure of Nukhba terrorist's identity - report

The joint Shin Bet and police team reportedly addressed the military, requesting to know why the IDF Spokesperson's Unit revealed the identity.

 General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019.