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Rafah Crossing

A child walks amid rubble and landfill in Gaza City, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
June 8, 2026, 10:02 pm
IDF strikes said to kill 6 in Gaza; Israel briefly closes crossings amid Iran fighting
8-year-old boy reportedly among dead in Jabalia; IDF says 3 top Islamic Jihad operatives killed in weekend strike; Cairo talks between mediators, Palestinian factions continue
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Minibuses carrying Palestinians wishing to return to the Gaza Strip line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on March 19, 2026. (Amr ADEL / AFP)
March 19, 2026, 4:01 pm
Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopens for first time since start of Iran war
8 wounded Palestinians, 17 of their relatives exit Strip for treatment abroad, medics say; Hamas civil defense says IDF strikes killed 4 in Gaza; IDF says Hamas intel officer killed
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinians move through the Rafah Crossing as a European Union official looks on, February 2026 (EUBAM)
February 15, 2026, 4:50 pm
Amid snags, EU mission tries to help frustrated Gazans traverse Rafah’s tortuous crossing
EUBAM head Nataliya Apostolova acknowledges complaints but says operations at reopened terminal are steadily improving, in close coordination with authorities in Jerusalem and Cairo
By Lazar Berman
Palestinians are welcomed by relatives after they enter Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 8, 2026, 5:38 am
Rafah crossing may again be open, but delays and major limits on movement hamper relief
Only days after reopening, Egypt-Gaza border said to close over weekend; more Palestinian women recount handcuffs, blindfolds and long interrogations by Israeli troops
By WAFAA SHURAFA, NOHA ELHENNAWY and ADAM GELLER
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
February 5, 2026, 2:10 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 5 – Inside Abbas’s call for unprecedented PLO elections
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the on-again, off-again, on-again US-Iran nuclear talks and a potentially sidelined role for Turkey and Qatar on a Board of Peace panel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Palestinians coming from the Rafah Crossing with Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 4, 2026. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 4, 2026, 9:08 pm
Palestinians in Egypt torn on returning to battle-scarred Gaza with ‘no future’
With Rafah Crossing’s limited opening, Gazans stuck outside of Strip during war express longing to return home, though some are reluctant due to dire conditions in territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
A relative of 6-month-old Mira al-Khabbaz, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli strike earlier in the day, carries her body outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on February 4, 2026. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
February 4, 2026, 12:16 pm
Reservist seriously wounded in north Gaza ambush; 21 said killed as IDF strikes back
IDF accuses Hamas of ‘blatant violation’ of ceasefire, says it targeted terror commanders in response; children reported among dead in Israeli strikes; Rafah Crossing remains open
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and Noam Lehmann
Rotana al-Regeb, who was allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah Crossing, reunites with her children in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
February 3, 2026, 9:47 pm
3 women returning to Gaza through Rafah say IDF bound, interrogated, threatened them
IDF says it knows of no incidents of inappropriate conduct; trio say they were taken to ‘humiliation room’ by troops, questioned about Hamas and Gaza events, pressured to act as informants
By AP
People stand on US and Israel flags, outside the US Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, February 1, 2026, during a protest in support of the Iranian government. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
February 3, 2026, 2:53 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 3 – What’s on the table for US-Iran nuclear talks in Turkey?
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a first day of crossings from Gaza into Egypt, the likelihood of a US offensive operation against Iran, and an interview with Gal Hirsch
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
A Palestinian child looks out of a bus window transporting patients and war-wounded, as it heads towards the Rafah crossing to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment abroad, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 2, 2026. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 3, 2026, 2:29 pm
12 people let into Gaza from Egypt, of 42 who tried, on day 1 of Rafah opening – report
Diplomatic official tells ToI just 12 crossed in each direction, far lower than the quota; report says those who entered Gaza were escorted by armed men to IDF checkpoint
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff
Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt, on February 2, 2026. (AFP)
February 2, 2026, 1:54 pm
‘A lifeline’: Gazans rejoice as Rafah Crossing opens for limited pedestrian passage
Gazans welcome the opening as a milestone, although only limited crossings allowed for now; some 50 people expected to cross each way on first day
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Palestinian patients wait at Rafah Crossing to leave Gaza as part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
February 1, 2026, 2:42 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 1 — Rafah Crossing is readied for Gazans to pass through
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses IDF preparedness for Iran, checkpoint mechanism at Rafah, Hamas Health Ministry death toll and the end of an era at IDF Hostage HQ
By Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian
A view of the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, February 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)
February 1, 2026, 1:03 pm
Rafah Crossing opens after over a year, with limited pedestrian passage to start Monday
COGAT says ‘pilot program’ assessing operation of crossing, as Palestinian security officers join EU mission on Gazan side of border gate to oversee mechanism
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
The flag of Egypt sways in the wind on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on September 9, 2024. (AFP)
January 30, 2026, 6:47 pm
Israel confirms Gaza’s Rafah Crossing will reopen Sunday to pedestrians in both directions
COGAT says exit and entry will require security clearance; IDF announces terror operatives killed in four separate incidents throughout enclave
By Emanuel Fabian
Hamas police forces deploy in Gaza City on October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/ Flash90)
January 29, 2026, 6:00 am
Israel warns Hamas may soon formally cede Gaza to technocrats, but maintain actual power
Disarmament seen as unlikely without years-long military campaign, security official says, adding that terror group’s civil servants and police force could take a year to replace
By Emanuel Fabian
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