Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah border crossing for two days on Tuesday and Wednesday allowing passengers to travel from Egypt into Gaza, although not the other way around, Egyptian security sources told Ma’an. Palestinian officials have reportedly been notified so as to make the necessary arrangements. Rafah crossing has been[…]
Palestinian factions are getting closer to reopening the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian territories, following an agreement last Thursday between rivals Hamas and Fatah to hand over control of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian unity government. Informed Palestinian sources told media that pportunities for reaching an[…]
Humanitarian relief agency Gift of the Givers (GOTG) has been given the green light to enter Gaza through the Rafah border. After more than a month long negotiation with authorities, GOTG founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said they finally received word from South African Department of International Relations on Thursday morning.[…]
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed just hours into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, medics say, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour pause in fighting. According to reports from a Rafah hospital, at least 40 people were killed on Friday as Israeli tanks fired shells into eastern[…]
Civil society organisations and public figures have called on the world to demand the opening of the Rafah border crossing. A range of human rights activists are urging ordinary citizens to mobilise themselves go to the local Egyptian Embassy or consulate and demand the Egyptian government opens the Rafah crossing[…]
Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says things are moving fast in their diplomatic efforts to get into Gaza via the Rafah border in Egypt and a medical mission could leave soon. The humanitarian relief NGO has received support from the Presidency and the Department of International Relations[…]
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