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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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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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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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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Tel al-Sultan attack (redirect from Rafah displacement camp airstrike)
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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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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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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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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"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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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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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 2024 Rafah hostage raid, dubbed Operation Golden Hand (Hebrew: מבצע יד זהב) by the IDF, was a military raid and hostage rescue operation conducted...
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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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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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Gaza Strip evacuations (section Attack on Rafah)
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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Philadelphi Corridor (redirect from Rafah corridor)
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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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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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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” she added. Reporter Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud is in southern Gaza in Rafah. Witnesses said a number of people including women, children and babies...
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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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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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Egypt–Gaza border (category Rafah in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict)
zone along the border which is about 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) long. The Rafah Border Crossing is the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip...
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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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(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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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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on 3 November 1956 and 111 in Rafah on 12 November 1956. Sacco bases his book on conversations with Palestinians in Rafah and the neighbouring town of...
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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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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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