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Topic: Rafah

October 3, 2013
11:23 am

Egyptian army soldiers stand guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, July 5, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Egypt drafts plans to launch strikes on Gaza terror targets

Drones reportedly gathering intel on targets in Hamas-run enclave; Egyptian general says military losing patience with jihadists in Strip

By Avi Issacharoff

September 29, 2013
8:51 pm

Hamas security forces stand guard in front of the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 16, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90/Abed Rahim Khatib)

Palestinian students riot at Gaza border crossing

Protesters charge at barrier gate between Strip and Egypt, blocked by Hamas guards, after being stranded at terminal for days

By Times of Israel staff

September 22, 2013
9:32 pm

Empty trucks from Gaza wait to be loaded with goods (left) as full trucks drive toward Gaza in the background at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza last year (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel lets building materials for private construction into Gaza

Metal and Cement allowed in Sunday for first time in six years

By AP and Elhanan Miller

September 21, 2013
7:25 pm

Egyptian army soldiers seen in a watchtower on the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip, July 2013. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Egypt shuts Gaza border crossing ‘until further notice’

Hamas officials say that nearly 130 smuggling tunnels have been closed in recent months as well

By Times of Israel staff

September 16, 2013
10:59 am

Roadside bomb hits police bus in Egypt’s Sinai

Nine passengers wounded and one conscript shot in the head after jumping out of the moving vehicle

By Ashraf Sweilam

September 15, 2013
6:05 pm

Egypt seizes anti-aircraft missiles in Sinai

Army spokesman says over 300 arrested since start of military operations in July

By Gavriel Fiske

September 15, 2013
3:18 pm

Egypt says it uncovered Gazan plot to blow up army post

Rafah border shut for four days and counting during major military offensive in uneasy Sinai

By Lazar Berman and AP

September 11, 2013
11:49 am

Egyptian army soldiers stand guard on the border with Egypt in Rafah. (photo credit: Hatem Moussa/APFile)

6 killed as bombs hit Egyptian security HQ in Rafah

17 wounded when suicide attacks destroy two-story military building near Gaza border

By Ashraf Sweilam

September 8, 2013
10:17 pm

Egypt hammers suspected militants in Sinai

Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa chosen to head a virtually Islamist-free panel tasked with amending country’s constitution

By Ashraf Sweilam and MAGGIE MICHAEL

September 2, 2013
7:04 pm

Smoke rises after an explosion at a smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Gaza-Egypt border on the southern Gaza Strip on August 31, 2013 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

As Egypt blocks access, Gazans turn to Israel for outlet

Sharp increase in traffic of people and goods between Gaza and Israel with Egypt clamping down more tightly on the Hamas-controlled Strip

By Elhanan Miller

September 2, 2013
2:30 pm

Barack Obama speaking to House Speaker John Boehner from the Oval Office Saturday as Joe Biden looks on. (photo credit: Pete Souza/ Official White House)

All gummed up

Obama’s lack of teeth are a running theme in today’s papers, with some wondering how his decision will play out vis-a-vis Iran

By Joshua Davidovich

August 28, 2013
4:25 pm

Egyptian soldiers take their positions near armored vehicles in Cairo on Monday, July 8, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Hassan Ammar)

Five Hamas members arrested over Egyptian police massacre

Palestinian gunmen among 11 suspects detained for execution of 25 off-duty officers in northern Sinai