However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gazasince the war beganwere allowed to cross into Egypt. U.S. passport holder Leila Bsiso, who is among hundreds of Americans who have been stranded at the Gaza-Egypt border for weeks, said she and her famil...
CAIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Any Israeli attempt to control the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is "unacceptable," an Egyptian high-ranking official said on Tuesday. "No new arrangements have been discussed with Israel regarding the Philadelphi Corridor on ...
on May 29, 2024. The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it has gained full operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua) ...
Border official: Egypt opens Gaza crossing to someIBRAHIM BARZAK
diplomatic impasse was clear. Egypt and Israel's historic trust issues had resurfaced over the same border crossing that was once a key smuggling route. Over the last decade, Israel pushed Egypt to crack down on the tunnel systems that had moved people, cars and weapons into Gaza for years...
Israel’s position on supplies to Gaza has fluctuated since the war began. First it allowed only a minimal number of lorries through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. It has since opened its own crossing with Gaza, but only for supplies that have first come through Egypt, and started ...
For months, officials in Egypt have lobbied Washington to urge Israel not to move forward with a ground invasion of Rafah. Officials there worry the operation would inevitably push Gazans to flee across the border into Sinai, increasing the chances that Hamas militants make ...
Earlier in the day, Israeli airstrikes hit the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, disrupting the delivery of humanitarian aid. Negotiations between the United Nations and Egyptian officials are ongoing to ensure aid can flow through the crossing, with Egypt seeking assurances from Israel...
Two British-Palestinian dual nationals who are waiting at Gaza's border with Egypt are "like caged hens waiting to die", their son has said. Talal El Deeb, 66, went to visit family in Gaza a few weeks ago and his wife, Naila, 69, joined him a few wee...
Egypt's proposal comes as Israel's spy chief travels to Doha for talks with CIA Director William Burns and the Qatari prime minister. Oct 27, 2024 Truck slammed into bus stop near Tel Aviv killing 1, injuring dozens The circumstances of the crash remain unknown; however, Asi Aharoni, an ...