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Israel’s Rafah crossing clampdown freezes Gaza’s academic hopes

Two years of war and closed borders have left Gaza’s students trapped, watching scholarships abroad go unfulfilled while their education & futures hang in limbo

Sally Ibrahim
01 May, 2026
Eight children who were evacuated to Egypt via the Rafah Border Crossing in 2023 and reunite with their families at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, on 30 March 2026. [Getty]
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After two years, Gaza's families finally reunite with children

Sally Ibrahim
31 March, 2026
Humanitarian aid trucks, crossing from Egypt to Rafah Border Crossing, wait on the border after the announcement of ceasefire and hostage-swap deal between Hamas and Israel on January 19, 2025 in Egypt. (Photo by Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu via Getty)
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Palestinians 'held hostage' as Israel keeps Rafah closed

Sally Ibrahim
18 March, 2026
Patients in Gaza head to the Rafah Border Crossing for evacuation
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20,000 patients needing urgent care blocked from leaving Gaza

The New Arab Staff
15 February, 2026
Egypt open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip after several day
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Netanyahu wants to 'kill' the Palestinian eagle passport emblem

Sally Ibrahim
12 February, 2026
A Palestinian man works on the roof of a destroyed building by the Israeli military while another watches in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
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Israel 'to allow reconstruction' in Rafah amid UN school plan

The New Arab Staff
28 January, 2026
Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, is inspecting the Rafah land border crossing between Egypt and Gaza
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Is Gaza's Rafah opening a way for freedom or further control?

Sally Ibrahim
27 January, 2026
A man with an eye injury carries a mattress through the streets of Gaza, 10 October 2024. [Getty]
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Gaza faces 'unprecedented wave' of blindness from Israel's war

Rasha Abou Jalal
27 January, 2026
Displaced Palestinians struggle carrying on with daily life amid the rubble left by Israeli attacks in Jabalia, Gaza on January 12, 2026
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Israel kills Palestinian, launches operation in northern Gaza

The New Arab Staff
26 January, 2026
: Palestinians search for their belongings among the rubble after Israeli army attacks destroyed a building at the Bureij Camp in the northern Gaza Strip on January 9, 2026.
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Israel calls for US security firms to operate Rafah crossing

The New Arab Staff
25 January, 2026
Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza as Rafah crossing expected to open
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Israel strikes Gaza, plans 'Rafah 2' checkpoint for Palestinians

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, is inspecting the Rafah land border crossing between Egypt and Gaza
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Israel seeks to restrict numbers of Palestinian reentry to Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 January, 2026
Ambulances line up in front of the Rafah land border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on January 13, 2026 in Rafah, Egypt
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Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt to open next week: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Palestinians walk along a road amid destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)
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Hamas to hand over Gaza administration within days

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2026
Palestinians waiting to cross the Rafah Border Gate
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How Gaza's Rafah crossing remains hostage to Israel's security

Sally Ibrahim
06 January, 2026
Rafah [Getty]
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Egypt okays electronic alternative to Israel army in Rafah

The New Arab Staff
05 January, 2026
Angelina Jolie [Getty]
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Angelina Jolie visits Egyptian side of Gaza's Rafah crossing

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2026
Aid convoys enter Gaza through Rafah crossing
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Egypt pressing for Israel to fully open Rafah crossing

The New Arab Staff
Naif Zaidani
11 December, 2025
A new convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing, following the implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, seen from Rafah, Egypt on October 27, 2025
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Arab, Muslim states 'concerned' by Israel's Gaza expulsion plan

The New Arab Staff
06 December, 2025
General view of the Rafah Border Crossing on October 20, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt.
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Gaza: Egypt rejects Israeli decision to open Rafah for exit only

Sally Ibrahim
03 December, 2025
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard ahead of a press conference by the UN Secretary-General on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with the Gaza Stirp on October 20, 2023.
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Israel is militarising Egypt border in violation of peace treaty

Amr Emam
12 November, 2025