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Egyptian army personnel supervise the destruction of tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip at the border, near the town of Rafah, northern Sinai, Egypt, September 2013. (photo credit: AP/AP Television)
May 13, 2015, 9:01 pm
Egypt cracks down on Gaza tunnels, but faces setbacks in Sinai
As President Sissi claims ‘massive results’ achieved in regional operation, jihadists kill seven in fresh attack
By TOI staff and AFP
A Kometz soldier, standing on a ladder on the Gaza side of the barrier, fixing the fence (photo credit: Netta Asner/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 19, 2015, 12:39 pm
On the frontline with Gaza, fence menders face nightly peril
Under cover of darkness, the soldiers of the Kometz unit risk sniper fire, bombs, rocks and more to maintain border defense
By Mitch Ginsburg
An Egyptian army vehicle patrols along the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in the divided border town of Rafah on November 4, 2014. (Mohamed El-Sherbeny/AFP)
January 6, 2015, 10:40 am
Egypt to expand Gaza buffer zone to up to 2 kilometers
Hundreds of families in Rafah to be evicted as Cairo ramps up crackdown on arms smuggling to Islamists in the Sinai
By Avi Issacharoff
Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal, June 23, 2014 (photo credit: YouTube image)
December 27, 2014, 12:55 pm
Hamas said concerned by Egypt-Qatar thaw
According to Arab press, Khaled Mashaal fears Doha may shun him to appease Sissi; Hamas claims no change in ties
By TOI staff
Egyptian families collect their belongings as they leave their houses during a military operation in the Egyptian city of Rafah, near the border with the southern Gaza Strip, on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STR)
November 28, 2014, 1:22 am
Amnesty pans Egypt’s ‘unlawful evictions’ on Gaza border
Rights groups says Cairo violating international law by not giving adequate warning, sufficient compensation
By AFP
A truck loaded with horses arrives at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel, while workers check the aid in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 21, 2014 photo. (photo credit: AP/Eyad Baba)
November 4, 2014, 11:24 am
Israel reopens Gaza crossings
Erez and Kerem Shalom were closed for two days following Friday’s rocket fire from the Strip at Israel
By Spencer Ho and AFP
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