Rafah Crossing

Egypt warns Israel against unilateral reopening of Rafah

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Egypt has warned Israel through multiple channels that it rejects any unilateral reopening of the Rafah crossing.

Arab, Muslim nations reject Israel exit-only plan for Rafah

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar, and six other Muslim-majority countries, have raised the alarm over Israel’s stated plan for a one-way opening of the Rafah border crossing.

Israel starts launching airstrikes on Gaza (+VIDEO)

TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – The Zionist regime launched airstrikes on Gaza Strip on Sunday in violation of ceasefire agreement.

Rafah crossing to remain closed until further notice

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – The Rafah crossing on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will remain closed "until further notice," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rafah plan is ethnic cleansing disguised as aid: EX-PM Olmert

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert warns that "Israel's" planned "humanitarian city" in Rafah amounts to ethnic cleansing, calling it a concentration camp disguised as aid.

At least six aid seekers killed by Israeli forces near Gaza

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Israeli forces have shot six Palestinians dead and injured several more as they waited for aid north of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.

Israel threatens to expand ground offensive deep into Gaza

TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – Israel says it has taken control of a key corridor in the Gaza Strip in a move that has completely cut off the populated southern town of Rafah from the rest of the besieged Palestinian territory.

Israeli regime's strikes on Gaza kill 19 in Rafah in Rafah

TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – Occupying Israeli regime's strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, Western media have reported.

Rafah border crossing to reopen for Palestinian civilians

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – The Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is set to reopen for the passage of Palestinian civilians on Friday.

600 trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – The UN Deputy Secretary-General announced the arrival of hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military confirms 4 troopers killed in Rafah

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The Israeli regime has announced the death of four of its forces and the injury of several others in the city of Rafah, amid the nearly year-long genocidal war on the blockaded Palestinian Palestinian territory.

Several killed after Israeli helicopter crashed in Rafah

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Several Zionists were killed after an Israeli helicopter crashed in the Rafah region on Wednesday morning.

11 Palestinians martyred in new Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip

TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) – Some 11 Palestinian people were martyred in fresh Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip on Monday.

Majority of 'Israelis' support leaving Philadelphi Corridor

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – A poll reported on by Israeli public broadcaster Kan finds that 53 percent of people surveyed support leaving the Philadelphi Corridor if it means reaching a deal with Hamas to release the Israeli priosners.

'Israel' wiped Palestinian districts in Rafah off the map

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The Zionist regime of Israel's forces razed to the ground the residential neighborhoods of Rafah city with targeted bombing.

Zionist regime continues bloody onslaught on Gaza

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – The Israeli regime continues its bloody onslaught on the Gaza Strip by carrying out more air and artillery strikes against the blockaded territory.

US will soon announce $18bn arms transfer to Israeli regime

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – The US administration will soon announce a $18bn arms transfer to the Israeli regime, including F-15 fighter jets, according to a report.

Hamas Official:

Rafah ambush proved weakening Hamas just Israel’s illusion

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – A high-ranking Hamas official says the recent operation by the Palestinian Resistance movement against the Israeli military in Rafah proved the regime is delusional for thinking that it can weaken the group.

Qassam:

Rafah operation lays bare Israel’s failure against Resistance

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Qassam Brigades has hailed a complex ambush against the Israeli military in Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah, saying the operation once again exposed the regime’s failure in the face of Palestinian fighters.

Israeli army announces eight soldiers killed in Rafah blast

TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – Eight soldiers were killed when an armored personnel carrier exploded near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Israel military said Saturday.

UNRWA chief:

Palestinian children to be lost generation without cease-fire

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – The head of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) warned Thursday that without a cease-fire in Gaza, a "lost generation" is imminent.

UNRWA suspends work in Rafah: Our shelters are empty

TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), confirmed that all shelters in Rafah are now empty.

UNRWA recounts trail of destruction left by Israel in Rafah

TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency recounts the sheer extent of destruction that has been caused by the Israeli regime in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Senior cleric:

Rafah has become end point of Israeli regime

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – The burning of women and children in Rafah has awakened the consciences of nations in the world even the supporters of the Israeli regime, Tehran's interim Friday prayers leader said.

Tehran reacts to US-UK strikes on Yemen

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – The spokesman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nasser Kan'ani reacted to overnight airstrikes by US-British forces against targets across Yemen which killed at least 14 people and left several others injured.