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.

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 attempting to join the Global March for Gaza have been detained in or deported from Cairo.
 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.

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

 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.

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

 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.

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


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.

IDF abandons elite Yahalom Unit soldier in Gaza for over 40 minutes

The incident happened on Tuesday when Yahalom was operating on tunnels in the Rafah area, when the unit exited the area without him.

 An IDF soldier in Gaza's Morag Corridor, April 2025.

Cutting off Hamas: 'Post' visits IDF's 'Morag Corridor' in Gaza

'Morag' is intended to drive a wedge between the Rafah and Khan Yunis brigades of Hamas, and then to destroy these formations.

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

Ben-Gvir to IDF chief over Golani commander's removal: 'You will regret this'

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and reservists condemned the dismissal of a Golani commander after an IDF strike in Rafah killed 14 medics, including six Hamas terrorists.

 MK Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives to open his office in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 13, 2022.

To Board of Deputies of British Jews: Your critique of Israel is not in my name - opinion

If you wish to help—come. Come live it. Come stand beside us in our cemeteries and shelters, in our waiting rooms and war rooms.

 IDF soldiers operate in the northern Gaza Strip,  March 31, 2025.

Golani Brigade rescues dog kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7

Billy, a three-and-a-half-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was found near Rafah, and was revealed to be from Nir Oz when she was brought to Israel for treatment.

 Aviad Shapira, the Golani reservist who found Billy.