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    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...
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    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...
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  • Rafah massacre may refer to: 1956 Rafah massacre 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes Tel al-Sultan attack Background of the Rafah offensive Rafah offensive...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    "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...
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    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...
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  • 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)...
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  • On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. The airstrikes destroyed at...
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  • Rafah. The attack, which set the camp on fire, killed between 45 and 50 Palestinians and injured more than 200. Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    The Rafah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رفح Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ) is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the Gaza Strip. Its district capital...
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    Israeli war cabinet voted to invade Rafah. Later that day, the IDF entered the outskirts of Rafah and approached the Rafah Crossing and Egyptian border. On...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Authority until the 2007 takeover by Hamas. The joint authority for the Rafah Border Crossing was transferred to the Palestinian Authority and Egypt for...
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  • The Rafah massacre occurred on November 12, 1956, during Israel's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis. The...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    al-Sultan, west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. On 6 May, Israeli forces launched a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah. Before and during...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Killing of Sidra Hassouna (category Rafah in the Israel–Hamas war)
    others,[not verified in body] were killed during a series of airstrikes in Rafah carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on 12 February 2024. As a...
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    (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...
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  • 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...
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  • Rafah Nanjeba Torsa (born 9 September 1998) is a Bangladeshi actress, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Bangladesh 2019...
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  • 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...
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    Palestinian civilians who "are not safe in UN-designated shelters." The Rafah shelling in particular was widely criticized, with Ban Ki-moon calling it...
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