RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt — A group of 50 sick and wounded Palestinian children began entering Egypt for treatment through Gaza’s Rafah crossing on Saturday, the first opening of the border since ...
The border point had been closed after Israel invaded the southern city of Rafah in May but is opening again as part of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. By Adam Rasgon Reporting ...
The Israeli army withdrew from the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Friday in accordance with the terms of the cease-fire agreement, which went into effect on January 19.
Rafah is Gaza’s only crossing that does not enter into Israel. Egypt’s Al-Qahera television showed several children being brought out on gurneys and transferred to ambulances on the Egyptian side.