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People attend funeral ceremony of 45-year-old Muvaffak Kadiha, a colon cancer patient, after being unable to travel for treatment due to the closure of border crossings
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More than 18,000 patients wait to leave Gaza

Only a few hundred patients have been allowed out of the besieged Gaza Strip for treatment, despite ceasefire commitments to facilitate medical evacuations.

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19 April, 2026
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Gaza children face death as Israel restricts Rafah medical exits

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12 February, 2026
Thousands of Gazans await medical evacuations as Rafah crossing reopens
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For Gaza's sick and wounded, waiting to leave is death sentence

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11 February, 2026
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Israel army kills two Palestinians in latest Gaza truce breach

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09 February, 2026
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A crossing without relief: Why Rafah's reopening has failed Gaza

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Alaa Helou

09 February, 2026
Palestinian Ibrahim al-Avde arrives in Bureij refugee camp after bei
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Palestinian detainees released as 50 patients cross into Egypt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 February, 2025
The Salah Al-Din (Philadelphi) corridor
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Israel 'suggests withdrawing from 5 points' on Egypt-Gaza border

The New Arab Staff
25 August, 2024
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Rafah massacre, ICJ calls for ceasefire, Egypt and Israel clash

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31 May, 2024
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UN says only 906 aid truckloads reached Gaza since Israel's Rafah operation began

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 May, 2024
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US, Egypt agree to allow aid into Gaza through Karm Abu Salem

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 May, 2024
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Starved and exhausted, Rafah IDPs struggle to survive

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Motaz Al-Hallaq

24 May, 2024
John Kirby, the US's national security spokesman.
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Trapped US doctors are out of Gaza, White House says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 May, 2024
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Palestinians in Rafah struggle to figure out where to go

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Abeer Ayyoub

17 May, 2024
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Egypt refuses to open Rafah crossing amid Israeli occupation

The New Arab Staff
17 May, 2024
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Israel fears relations with Egypt could collapse over Rafah

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2024
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Israeli proposal for 'day after' the war sparks deep divides

The New Arab Staff
14 May, 2024
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Egypt protests to Israel over takeover of Rafah crossing

The New Arab Staff
08 May, 2024
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Protesters in Ramallah demand Egypt opens Rafah border

Qassam Muaddi
18 February, 2024
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Egypt denies fortifying Rafah border with Gaza

Thaer Mansour
07 February, 2024
The Philadelphi Corridor - buffer zone separating the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
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Israel informs Egypt it plans to seize Philadelphia Corridor

The New Arab Staff
28 January, 2024
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Egypt denies that fleeing Gazans are forced to pay bribes

The New Arab Staff
12 January, 2024