Rafah (Arabic: رفح Rafaḥ [rafaħ]) is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate of the State of Palestine...

6 May 2024, Israel began a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war. In...

The Rafah Border Crossing (Arabic: معبر رفح, romanized: Ma`bar Rafaḥ) or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between Egypt and Palestine's...

Rafah massacre may refer to: 1956 Rafah massacre 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes Tel al-Sultan attack Background of the Rafah offensive Rafah offensive...

The Battle of Rafah primarily refers to any of the military engagements fought in and around Rafah, today in the Gaza Strip: Battle of Raphia (720 BC)...

al-Sultan, Rafah. The attack set the camp on fire, killing between 45 and 50 Palestinians, and injuring over 200. Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent massacre...

"All Eyes on Rafah" is a pro-Palestinian political slogan during the Israel–Hamas war and Rafah offensive, mostly used on social media. The phrase derives...

Look up Rafah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rafah is a city in the Gaza Strip. Rafah may also refer to: Rafah Camp, Rafah, Gaza, Palestine; a refugee...

to storm Rafah." At least 40 people were reported killed in east Rafah. Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud described Israel's attacks on Rafah police as...

Authority until the 2007 takeover by Hamas. The joint authority for the Rafah Border Crossing was transferred to the Palestinian Authority and Egypt for...

Rafah (Arabic: رفح, IPA: [ˈɾɑfɑħ]) is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip. It is the capital of Rafah center in North...

airstrikes on Rafah, while the Israeli war cabinet voted to invade Rafah. Later that day, the IDF entered the outskirts of Rafah and approached the Rafah Crossing...

On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. The killings were known in...

is a buffer zone along the border which is about 100m wide in parts. The Rafah Border Crossing is the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip...

The Rafah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رفح Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ) is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the Gaza Strip. Its district capital...

Israeli ground forces seized control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, starting the Rafah offensive. Hamas announced the death of an Israeli captive...

Before the Rafah offensive, Israel conducted airstrikes and threatened to invade the city as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas...

Rafah Camp (Arabic: مخيم رفح or معسكر رفح) is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate along the...

The Rafah massacre occurred on November 12, 1956, during Israel's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis. The...

southern Gaza Strip on 12–24 May 2004, involving an invasion and siege of Rafah. The operation was started after the deaths of eleven Israeli soldiers in...

spreading in Rafah. By 13 December, the UN estimated half of Gaza's entire population was in Rafah. On 20 December, the United Nations stated Rafah was the...

(7 mi) border with Egypt, near the city of Rafah. Khan Yunis is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of Rafah, and several towns around Deir el-Balah are...

Shabab Rafah Sports Club (Arabic: نادي شباب رفح الرياضي) or simply Shabab Rafah is a Palestinian professional football club from the city of Rafah that...

Crescent headquarters. Doctors Without Borders set up a field hospital in Rafah, stating, "Staff are literally kneeling in blood on the floor to try to...

The Islamic Emirate of Rafah was a short-lived unrecognized Islamic state located in Rafah. It was founded by Jund Ansar Allah when they declared independence...

August 2009, Moussa announced the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The group criticized the ruling power, Hamas, for failing...

troops. The Al-Quds Brigades claimed multiple attacks on IDF positions in Rafah and a command center in the Netzarim Corridor, as well as in areas of al-Abd...

In February 2024, as the IDF announced plans to expand operations into Rafah where hundreds of thousands had come to as a last refuge, Israeli authorities...

The Battle of Rafah (2009) took place between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah in the Rafah Governorate of the Gaza Strip. Fighting between the two Palestinian...

The Rafah Museum (Arabic: متحف رفح) was established in December 2022 in the south of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. It was founded by Laila Shaheen...